Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey
Background Violence among adolescents may have serious developmental, physical, and mental health consequences for the affected individuals. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of violent behaviour and its correlates among 15-16 year old schoolchildren in Iceland. Methods In 1997, a cross-sect...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:intjepid:dyh190v1 2023-05-15T16:48:10+02:00 Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey Gudlaugsdottir, Gerdur Run Vilhjalmsson, Runar Kristjansdottir, Gudrun Jacobsen, Rune Meyrowitsch, Dan 2004-08-19 07:09:52.0 text/html http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/dyh190v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh190 en eng Oxford University Press http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/dyh190v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh190 Copyright (C) 2004, International Epidemiological Association Original paper TEXT 2004 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh190 2013-05-27T14:58:14Z Background Violence among adolescents may have serious developmental, physical, and mental health consequences for the affected individuals. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of violent behaviour and its correlates among 15-16 year old schoolchildren in Iceland. Methods In 1997, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among a random half of all Icelandic schoolchildren aged 15-16 years. The overall response rate was 91% (N = 3872). In the present study, socio-demographic background, social support, negative life events, psychological distress, and substance use were considered in relation to violent behaviour using logistic regression techniques. Results The majority of the respondents reported having committed violence within the last year. Boys were more likely to use violence than girls (odds ratio [OR] = 5.6; 95% CI: 4.7, 6.6). Respondents who had experienced ≥4 negative life events in the past year were more likely to use violence than respondents with no negative life events (OR = 3.0; 95% CI: 2.2, 4.2). Smokers were more likely than nonsmokers to use violence (OR = 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2, 2.2), and adolescents who had used alcohol >20x in their lifetime were more than twice as likely to commit violence compared with those who had never used alcohol (OR = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.8, 3.4). Conclusion Rates of violent behaviour among Icelandic schoolchildren were high. Gender, parental support, life stress, anger/aggression, and substance use were all significantly related to the perpetration of violent acts. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) International Journal of Epidemiology 33 5 1046 1051 |
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Background Violence among adolescents may have serious developmental, physical, and mental health consequences for the affected individuals. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of violent behaviour and its correlates among 15-16 year old schoolchildren in Iceland. Methods In 1997, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among a random half of all Icelandic schoolchildren aged 15-16 years. The overall response rate was 91% (N = 3872). In the present study, socio-demographic background, social support, negative life events, psychological distress, and substance use were considered in relation to violent behaviour using logistic regression techniques. Results The majority of the respondents reported having committed violence within the last year. Boys were more likely to use violence than girls (odds ratio [OR] = 5.6; 95% CI: 4.7, 6.6). Respondents who had experienced ≥4 negative life events in the past year were more likely to use violence than respondents with no negative life events (OR = 3.0; 95% CI: 2.2, 4.2). Smokers were more likely than nonsmokers to use violence (OR = 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2, 2.2), and adolescents who had used alcohol >20x in their lifetime were more than twice as likely to commit violence compared with those who had never used alcohol (OR = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.8, 3.4). Conclusion Rates of violent behaviour among Icelandic schoolchildren were high. Gender, parental support, life stress, anger/aggression, and substance use were all significantly related to the perpetration of violent acts. |
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Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey |
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