Department of Community Medicine, North DMC Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, 110007, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Community Ment Health J. 2019 May;55(4):693-701. doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0315-z. Epub 2018 Aug 4.
Violence and aggression amongst adolescents is increasing across the globe. However, the research on adolescent violence in India is limited. The present study was undertaken to study aggressive beliefs, attitudes, behavior rural schools in north district of Delhi. It was a cross-sectional study conducted among adolescents studying in grade VIII-X in three rural schools in Delhi, selected by non-probability sampling. The data was collected using a questionnaire adapted from CDC Compendium of tools measuring aggression. Out of the total 270 adolescents, there were 119 boys (44.1%) and 151 (55.9%) girls. The mean score of beliefs, attitude aggressive behaviour for private co-ed school was highest while all girls' school had lowest (p < 0.001). Being male (p < 0.001), studying in private co-ed school (p < 0.001) and having attitude towards violence (p = 0.02) contributed significantly to total aggression score. The study highlighted that type of school, gender and attitudes influence adolescents' behavior towards aggression.
全球范围内，青少年的暴力和攻击行为呈上升趋势。然而，针对印度青少年暴力的研究却十分有限。本研究旨在探讨德里北部农村学校青少年的攻击信念、态度和行为。这是一项在德里的三所农村学校进行的横断面研究，研究对象为八年级至十年级的青少年，采用非概率抽样方法选取。数据收集使用了一份从 CDC 工具集中改编的问卷，用于测量攻击行为。在总共 270 名青少年中，有 119 名男生（44.1%）和 151 名女生（55.9%）。私立男女同校的信念、态度和攻击行为的平均得分最高，而全女子学校的得分最低（p<0.001）。男性（p<0.001）、在私立男女同校学习（p<0.001）和对暴力的态度（p=0.02）显著影响总攻击得分。研究强调，学校类型、性别和态度会影响青少年的攻击行为。
