Institute of Public Health, Partnership for Urban Health Research, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-3995, USA.
J Urban Health. 2011 Dec;88(6):1158-74. doi: 10.1007/s11524-011-9601-6.
Peer violence perpetration and victimization are the most common types of violence among youth. This study determined the associations among violent attitudes toward peers, involvement in peer violence perpetration, and experience with peer violence victimization among boys and girls in a high-risk, urban community. Analyses were based on data from the 2004 Youth Violence Survey, which was administered to over 80% of public school students in grades 7, 9, 11, and 12 (N = 4,131) in a disadvantaged, urban, school district in the USA. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to test the associations between attitudes in support of violence and involvement in violent behaviors. Results show that among youth, attitudes supporting boys hitting boys significantly increased the odds of peer violence perpetration after controlling for potential confounders (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07, 1.72). However, stratified analyses for boys and girls show that attitudes supporting boys hitting boys increased the odds of peer violence perpetration for girls only after controlling for potential confounders (AOR, 1.49; 95% CI = 1.05, 2.13). The findings demonstrate that there are important differences between boys and girls in terms of their associations with violent attitudes and involvement in actual violent behaviors. However, additional research is needed to determine how attitude modifications can be incorporated into youth violence prevention programs.
同伴暴力的实施和受害是青少年中最常见的暴力类型。本研究旨在确定高危、城市社区中男孩和女孩的同伴暴力态度、参与同伴暴力实施和经历之间的关联。分析基于 2004 年青年暴力调查的数据，该调查对美国一个处于不利地位的城市学区中 7、9、11 和 12 年级（N=4131）的公立学校学生的 80%以上进行了调查。采用逻辑回归分析检验支持暴力的态度与暴力行为参与之间的关联。结果表明，在青少年中，支持男孩打男孩的态度在控制潜在混杂因素后显著增加了同伴暴力实施的可能性（调整后的优势比[OR]，1.35；95%置信区间[CI] = 1.07，1.72）。然而，对男孩和女孩进行的分层分析表明，在控制潜在混杂因素后，支持男孩打男孩的态度仅增加了女孩同伴暴力实施的可能性（OR，1.49；95%CI=1.05，2.13）。这些发现表明，在暴力态度和实际暴力行为参与方面，男孩和女孩之间存在重要差异。然而，需要进一步研究如何将态度改变纳入青年暴力预防计划。
