Student violence against teachers is a problem that affects both the professional and private lives of teachers, as well as the school as a social system. This phenomenon is in general relatively understudied. The purpose of my master's thesis was to examine how widespread student violence against high school teachers is, and which forms and consequences of violence against them are most often reported by teachers. The study also examined whether the experience of violence is related to the subjective well-being of teachers and their work engagement. 221 high school teachers participated in the research. I translated and adapted the Multidimensional Teacher Victimization Scale (Yang et al., 2019) and confirmed its one-factor structure. I found that most teachers did not encounter student violence during the previous school year. Even though only 30 % of teachers reported experiencing various forms of violence by students, some reported serious consequences (e.g., medical treatment, sick leave, reduced professional self-esteem). It was also shown that the experience of violence among teachers is negatively associated with both subjective
well-being and their work engagement.
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