The pathology of responsibility of elementary school students

Subject Areas : Educational Science

Gholamreza Raeisi Kheyrabadi ¹ , Fariba Karimi ² , Narges Saeidian ³

1 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor of Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2022-11-06 Accepted : 2023-01-13 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Students, responsibility, Family, harms related to educational system, virtual space and cultural and training factors,

Abstract :

The aim of the present research was the pathology of responsibility of elementary school students. Method the research was conducted in a qualitative method using qualitative content analysis of the interviews. Data using semi-structured interview technique and theoretical saturation criteria were conducted among 13 primary school specialists and professors of child and adolescents’ psychology. And while analyzing the content and themes, the components, and elements of the pathology of students' responsibility have been extracted. The statistical population was all principals, teachers, and experts of the elementary school in Tehran, Isfahan, and Yazd provinces, from which a stratum proportional to the size of 480 people was randomly selected. All the interviews were simultaneously recorded and transcribed Findings the obtained findings included 98 concept codes that differed in 6 main concepts with sub-concepts categorized. The main cocept includes injuries related to the educational system with 2 sub-concepts and 12 concept codes, school related injuries with 2 sub-concepts and 16 concept codes, family injuries with 4 sub-concepts and 33 concept codes, student injuries with 2 sub-concepts and 18 concept codes, syber damages with 2 sub-concepts and 9 concept codes, and educational and cultural factors with 2 sub-concepts and 10 concept codes. According to the findings, it is suggested that principals, teachers, and parents pay special attention to these components for identifying the harms and teaching responsibility ways to children and adolescents.