Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9063, USA.
Acad Pediatr. 2010 Sep-Oct;10(5):323-9. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2010.06.004. Epub 2010 Aug 2.
To identify factors associated with fighting among African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and white youth, with a focus on family and school connectedness.
Subjects were 4010 adolescents (12-17 years old) from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey. Stratified logistic regression examined whether fighting in the past year was associated with various risk and protective factors among African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and white youth subsamples.
Fighting was reported by 27% of African American, 24% of Latino, 16% of white, and 6% of Asian/Pacific Islander youth. Male gender, alcohol use, and smoking were associated with higher odds of fighting among whites and Latinos. Poverty was associated with higher odds of fighting among whites and African Americans, as was depression among Latinos. Higher family support was associated with decreased odds of fighting for white youth. Higher school support was associated with decreased odds of fighting for Latino youth.
A higher proportion of African American and Latino youth report fighting than do whites and Asians/Pacific Islanders. There is, however, important variation in racial/ethnic disparities in risk and protective factors associated with fighting. Family and school factors may be protective against fighting. Prevention and intervention efforts to decrease youth violence might benefit from tailoring to communities' racial/ethnic composition and paying greater attention to family and community influences on adolescent fighting.
确定与非裔美国人、亚裔/太平洋岛民、拉丁裔和白人青年打架相关的因素，重点关注家庭和学校的联系。
研究对象为来自 2003 年加利福尼亚健康访谈调查的 4010 名青少年（12-17 岁）。分层逻辑回归检验了在过去一年中，各种风险和保护因素是否与非裔美国人、拉丁裔、白人和亚裔/太平洋岛民青年亚组中的打架行为有关。
27%的非裔美国青年、24%的拉丁裔青年、16%的白人和 6%的亚裔/太平洋岛民青年报告称曾打过架。男性性别、饮酒和吸烟与白人青年和拉丁裔青年打架的几率更高有关。贫困与白人青年和非裔美国青年打架的几率更高有关，而抑郁与拉丁裔青年有关。家庭支持度越高，白人青年打架的几率越低。学校支持度越高，拉丁裔青年打架的几率越低。
与白人青年和亚裔/太平洋岛民青年相比，更多的非裔美国青年和拉丁裔青年报告说打过架。然而，与打架行为相关的风险和保护因素的种族/民族差异存在重要差异。家庭和学校因素可能对打架具有保护作用。为减少青年暴力而开展的预防和干预工作可能受益于根据社区的种族/民族构成进行调整，并更加关注家庭和社区对青少年打架行为的影响。
