Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) J. C. Barnes , Kevin M. Beaver , Brian B. Boutwell
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
ANO 2016
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Youth and Society
ISSN 0044-118X
E-ISSN 1552-8499
EDITORA Annual Reviews (United States)
DOI 10.1177/0044118x13515279
CITAÇÕES 2
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 c80249eb42577d46fe0ec466564f2c4a

Resumo

The current study examined the association between playing high school football and involvement in violent behaviors in sibling pairs drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The analysis revealed that youth who played high school football self-reported more violence than those youth who did not play football. Quantitative genetic analyses revealed that 85% of the variance in football participation was the result of genetic factors and 62% of the variance in violent behavior was due to genetic factors. Additional analyses indicated that 54% of the covariance between football participation and violence was due to genetics and 46% was the result of nonshared environmental influences. However, even after controlling for genetic influences, participation in football appeared to increase violent behavior.

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