Predictors and responses to the growth in physical violence during adolescence

A comparison of students in Washington state and Victoria, Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID9053692
AuthorsTodd I Herrenkohl (0000-0002-7001-1544, University of Washington), Sheryl A Hemphill (0000-0001-8342-1561, Australian Catholic University), W Alex Mason (0000-0002-8132-8045, Boys Town), John W Toumbourou (0000-0002-8431-3762, Deakin University), Richard F Catalano (University of Washington)
Year2012
Volume82
Issue1
Pages41-49
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01139.x
PMID22239392
PMCIDPMC3261578
OpenAlexW2016299614
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

This study investigates patterns in violence over 3 time points in early- to mid-adolescence in 2 statewide representative samples of youth, one in Washington State, USA, and the other in Victoria, Australia. Comparable data collection methods in both states were used to cross-nationally compare patterns of violence, risk factors, and responses to violence (school suspensions and arrests) in 2 policy contexts. Risk factors include early use of alcohol, binge drinking, involvement with antisocial peers, family conflict, poor family management, sensation seeking, and bully victimization. These are modeled as correlates of initial violence and predictors of change in violence over a 3-year period, from ages 12-15, for participating youth. Results suggest that patterns and predictors of violence are mostly similar in the 2 states. Initial levels of violence (age 13) and change over time in violence were associated in both states with more youth school suspensions and more police arrests in Grade 9. Some cross-national differences were also shown. For example, correlations of violence with gender and violence with binge drinking were stronger in Victoria, whereas correlations of violence with early use of alcohol and with antisocial peer involvement were stronger in Washington State. Antisocial peer involvement and family conflict were significant predictors of a gradual increase in violence from Grades 7-9 for youth in Victoria only. Implications are discussed with attention to prevention and intervention efforts

Binge drinking · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Intervention (counseling) · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sensation Seeking · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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