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Predictors and responses to the growth in physical violence during adolescence: a comparison of students in Washington State and Victoria, Australia.
University of Washington Social Development Research Group, 9725 3rd Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (impact factor:
1.29).
01/2012;
82(1):41-9.
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01139.x
Source: PubMed
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Article: Developmental risk factors for youth violence.
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ABSTRACT: To replicate earlier research findings on risk factors for youth violence and to explore the effects on violent behavior of constructs shown to increase risk for other problem behaviors, within a developmental frame. Data were from the Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP), a prospective study involving a panel of youths followed since 1985. Potential risk factors for violence at age 18 years were measured at ages 10, 14, and 16 years. Bivariate relationships involving risk factor constructs in the individual, family, school, peer and community domains and violence were examined at each age to assess changes in their strength of prediction over time. Attention was also given to the additive strength of increasing numbers of risk factors in the prediction of violence at age 18 years. A final set of analyses explored the extent to which youths were correctly classified as having committed a violent act (or not) at age 18 years on the basis of their overall level of risk at ages 10, 14, and 16 years. At each age, risk factors strongly related to later violence were distributed among the five domains. Ten of 15 risk factors constructs measured at age 10 years were significantly predictive of violence at age 18 years. Twenty of 25 constructs measured at age 14 years and 19 of 21 constructs measured at age 16 years were significantly predictive of later violence. Many constructs predicted violence from more than one developmental point. Hyperactivity (parent rating), low academic performance, peer delinquency, and availability of drugs in the neighborhood predicted violence from ages 10, 14, and 16 years. Analyses of the additive effects of risk factors revealed that youths exposed to multiple risks were notably more likely than others to engage in later violence. The odds for violence of youths exposed to more than five risk factors compared to the odds for violence of youths exposed to fewer than two risk factors at each age were seven times greater at age 10 years, 10 times greater at age 14 years, and nearly 11 times greater at age 16 years. However, despite information gained from all significant risk factors, the overall accuracy in predicting youths who would go on to commit violent acts was limited. Findings from the study have important implications for preventive intervention programs. Prevention efforts must be comprehensive and developmentally sensitive, responding to large groups or populations exposed to multiple risks.Journal of Adolescent Health 04/2000; 26(3):176-86. · 3.33 Impact Factor -
Article: Development of juvenile aggression and violence. Some common misconceptions and controversies.
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ABSTRACT: This article addresses 5 misconceptions and controversies concerning the development of aggression and violence: (a) the misconception that high stability coefficients of aggression over time imply that discontinuity of aggression from childhood to early adulthood is negligible; (b) the misconception that all serious forms of violence have an origin in aggression during early childhood; (c) the controversy about whether a single pathway or multiple pathways best represent individuals' development of antisocial behavior, including violence; (d) the controversy about whether causes of violence are similar to the causes of property offending; and (e) the assumption that the development of violence in women is very similar to that in men. Each of the points is discussed against empirical findings. Theoretical, research, and applied implications of the 5 points are discussed.American Psychologist 03/1998; 53(2):242-59. · 6.87 Impact Factor -
Article: Risk factors for violence and relational aggression in adolescence.
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ABSTRACT: Analyses examined risk factors for seventh-and ninth-grade youth categorized as nonoffenders, physically violent, relationally aggressive, and both violent and relationally aggressive. Bivariate and multivariate results showed that relationally aggressive youth were elevated on most risks above levels for nonoffenders but lower than those for youth who were violent alone or violent in combination with relational aggression. Youth who were both relationally aggressive and violent did not differ from those who were violent alone on most risk factors examined. Peer, individual, and family risks were among the strongest predictors.Journal of Interpersonal Violence 05/2007; 22(4):386-405. · 1.64 Impact Factor
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Keywords
2 policy contexts
2 states
2 statewide representative samples
3 time points
Antisocial peer involvement
antisocial peers
binge drinking
bully victimization
Comparable data collection methods
family conflict
Grade 9
Grades 7-9
initial violence
intervention efforts
police arrests
poor family management
school suspensions
study investigates patterns
Washington State
youth school suspensions
