Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/3431 2023-05-15T16:47:30+02:00 Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey Gudlaugsdottir, Gerdur Run Vilhjalmsson, Runar Kristjansdottir, Gudrun Jacobsen, Rune Meyrowitsch, Dan 2004 YES http://hdl.handle.net/2336/3431 https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh190 en eng Oxford University Press http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/5/1046 Int J Epidemiol 2004, 33(5):1046-51 0300-5771 15319410 doi:10.1093/ije/dyh190 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/3431 Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Alcohol Drinking Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Iceland/epidemiology Male Prevalence Risk Factors Sex Factors Smoking Social Support Violence Article 2004 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh190 2022-05-29T08:20:51Z To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field 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 non-smokers 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive International Journal of Epidemiology 33 5 1046 1051 |
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To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field 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 non-smokers 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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Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey |
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Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey |
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Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey |
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Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey |
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