Profiles of Risk and Protection for Violence and Bullying Perpetration Among Adolescent Boys

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ID21354220
AutoresLindsay A Taliaferro (0000-0002-9634-8591, Assistant Professor, ([email protected]), Department of Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, 6900 Lake Nona Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32827., autor de correspondencia), Jennifer L Doty (0000-0001-8603-2721, Assistant Professor, ([email protected]), Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, McCarty Hall D, Gainesville, FL 32611.), Amy L Gower (0000-0001-9852-9196, Research Associate, ([email protected]), Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.), Katherine Querna (Postdoctoral Fellow, ([email protected]), Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.), Michael J Rovito (0000-0001-8086-3460, Assistant Professor, ([email protected]), Department of Health Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12805 Pegasus Drive, HPA I, Orlando, FL 32816.)
Año2020
Volumen90
Número3
Páginas212-223
Fecha de publicación2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of School Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4391 • E-ISSN: 1746-1561
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josh.12867
PMID31894581
OpenAlexW2997672219
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas66

BACKGROUND: Violence and bullying perpetration among boys are major public health problems. We address gaps in the literature by examining: (1) how risk and protective factors co-occur, and (2) how different risk/protection profiles are associated with violence and bullying perpetration among adolescent boys. METHODS: Data came from the population-based 2016 Minnesota Student Survey. The analytic sample included boys in grades 8, 9, and 11 (N = 63,818). Latent profile analyses identified patterns of 22 behavioral, intrapersonal, family, and school and community risk/protective factors. Logistic regression analyses examined how these patterns related to violence and bullying perpetration. RESULTS: We identified 5 groups: Class 1: Low risk, high safety, high connectedness; Class 2: Low risk, moderate safety, moderate connectedness; Class 3: Moderate risk, high safety, moderate connectedness; Class 4: High risk, moderate safety, low connectedness; and Class 5: High risk, low safety, low connectedness. Compared to Class 1, Class 5 students had the highest odds of all for violence and bullying perpetration. Class 4 students also demonstrated high odds of violence and bullying, compared to Class 1. Though not as high as Classes 4 or 5, Class 2 and 3 students showed higher odds for both outcomes, compared to Class 1. CONCLUSIONS: Substantive variations exist in boys who engage in violence and bullying. We highlight cumulative, co-occurring risk factors, connectedness to parents and other prosocial adults (eg, teachers), and school and neighborhood safety as important factors to address in school health programs seeking to prevent violence and bullying perpetration among boys.

Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology