scholarly journals Violent behaviour among Turkish high school students and correlates of physical fighting

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alikasifoglu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Violent Behaviour ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physical Fighting

scholarly journals Trends in Depressed Mood and Suicidal Behaviors Among Female High School Students Who Engaged in Physical Fighting

2018 ◽  
pp. 088626051879059
Author(s):  
Janet H. Ford ◽  
Terrell W. Zollinger ◽  
Jianjun Zhang ◽  
Joseph O’Neil ◽  
David R. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physical Fighting ◽  
Female High School

Physical Fighting Among Male and Female Adolescents of Military Families: Results From a Representative Sample of High School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Reinhardt ◽  
Kristen Clements-Nolle ◽  
Wei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physical Fighting ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
School Property

The impact of family military involvement on adolescent mental health and substance abuse is well established, but little is known about other behavioral health outcomes such as physical fighting. We assessed the relationship between family military involvement and physical fighting in a representative sample of 3,928 high school students. Weighted logistic regression was used to determine whether adolescents from military families had higher odds of fighting and fighting on school property compared with adolescents of non-military families after controlling for demographics, substance use, depressive symptoms, and bullying victimization. We also assessed the cumulative impact of multiple risk factors on fighting outcomes. Overall, 23.5% of high school students reported physical fighting and 7.0% reported physical fighting at school. Youth from military families had higher odds of physical fighting (adjusted odds ratios [AOR] = 1.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.27, 2.25]) and physical fighting on school property (AOR = 1.98; 95% CI = [1.16, 3.39]). In models stratified by gender, family military involvement remained independently associated with physical fighting and physical fighting at school for males (AOR = 1.74; 95% CI = [1.15, 2.65] and AOR = 2.21; 95% CI = [1.03, 4.74]) and females (AOR = 1.65; 95% CI = [1.11, 2.45] and AOR = 1.88; 95% CI = [1.01, 3.50]). The odds of engaging in each physical fighting outcome increased as the cumulative number of risk factors increased. School-based interventions aimed at addressing fighting should be tailored to fit the unique needs of adolescents in military families, particularly those with additional risk factors.

Cultural Perceptions of the Mentally Ill: Australian and Papua New Guinean High School Youth

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor J. Callan ◽  
Jeffrey Wilks ◽  
Stewart Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Violent Behaviour ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Papua New Guinean ◽  
School Youth

One hundred and thirty-three (76 male, 57 female) Papua New Guinean (PNG) and 144 (93 male, 51 female) Australian high school students completed a series of structured and open-ended measures on attitudes to the mentally ill, especially opinions about the nature of mental illness, characteristics of the mentally ill, and treatment. Both groups of students suggested hereditary and environmental causes, with PNG students citing more often witchcraft and sorcery. Australian students generally presented more favourable attitudes to mental illness, in that they were more willing to work with or marry the mentally ill. PNG students, however, were more likely to highlight the disruptive, violent behaviour of the long long and possibly held a much narrower view of the types of persons labelled mentally ill.

scholarly journals Aggressive Behaviors among 15–16-Year-Old Romanian High School Students: Results from Two Consecutive Surveys Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Use at the European Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3670
Author(s):  
Adina Bucur ◽  
Sorin Ursoniu ◽  
Constantin Caraion-Buzdea ◽  
Virgil Ciobanu ◽  
Silvia Florescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Violent Behavior ◽  
Aggressive Behaviors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physical Fighting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Representative Samples

The aim of this paper is to examine aggressive behaviors among Romanian high school students between 15 and 16 years old, to compare data in two national representative samples and to identify factors associated with physical fighting. This study investigates the association of selected factors (social, school performance and substance use) with physical fighting. A total of 2289 Romanian students were included in the 2007 database and 2770 in the 2011 database. This study revealed that 35.87% of the teenagers have taken part in a physical fight during the previous 12 months, as compared with the European average of 31.5%. Romania has the highest prevalence of violent behavior by participating in a group bruising of an individual in both surveys, 2007 and 2011. A logistic regression analysis performed for the 2011 study revealed the following factors associated with physical fighting: binge drinking during the previous 30 days, male gender, serious problems with friends, parent(s) who do not know where and with whom the adolescents spend their evenings, poor parental caring, low school grades, and high truancy. A decrease in almost all aggressive behaviors was noticed in 2011, compared to 2007. These findings may be useful to support and guide policy makers regarding improvement and implementation of strategies to further prevent aggressive behaviors in teenagers.

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