Penchan Pradubmook-ShererMoshe ShererMahidol UniversityBob Shapell School of Social Work2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-01Journal of Family Violence. Vol.29, No.7 (2014), 783-795088574822-s2.0-84939877837https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/34933© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. This study explored the prevalence and severity of own violence, violence in the family, the school, and the neighborhoods of high school students from three distinguished provinces in Thailand and consisted of 1305 youths. The southern Muslim province has the highest rates of violence; and males were found to be more violent than females. Own violence among Thai youth is lower than the ones in western societies. As in the west, the highest violent rates were indicated in the schools, followed by violence in the community and the family. The results were interpreted in light of the social/demographic and cultural characteristics of Thailand.Mahidol UniversityPsychologySocial SciencesArticleSCOPUS10.1007/s10896-014-9612-7