Song L Y, Singer M I, Anglin T M
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7164, USA.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998 Jun;152(6):531-6. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.152.6.531.
To investigate the degree to which violence exposure and symptoms of psychological trauma are related to adolescents' own violent behaviors.
Anonymous self-report questionnaire administered to students in 6 public high schools (grades 9-12).
Sixty-eight percent of the students attending the participating schools during the survey participated in the study (N=3735). Ages ranged from 14 to 19 years; 52% were female; and 35% were African American, 33% white, and 23% Hispanic.
Multiple regression analysis determined that violence exposure and symptoms of psychological trauma together explained more than 50% of the variance in both male and female self-reported violent behavior. The independent effects of exposure to violence explained about one quarter of the variance in both male and female adolescents' violent behaviors. Anger was found to be the leading trauma symptom.
Our findings suggest that health clinicians and other professionals who encounter adolescents should routinely screen them for both exposure to violence and symptoms of anger.
调查接触暴力和心理创伤症状与青少年自身暴力行为之间的关联程度。
对6所公立高中（9至12年级）的学生进行匿名自填问卷调查。
调查期间在参与学校就读的学生中有68%参与了该研究（N = 3735）。年龄在14至19岁之间；52%为女性；35%为非裔美国人，33%为白人，23%为西班牙裔。
多元回归分析确定，接触暴力和心理创伤症状共同解释了男性和女性自我报告的暴力行为中超过50%的方差。接触暴力的独立影响解释了男性和女性青少年暴力行为中方差的约四分之一。愤怒被发现是主要的创伤症状。
我们的研究结果表明，接触青少年的健康临床医生和其他专业人员应常规筛查他们是否接触过暴力以及是否有愤怒症状。
