School Attachment and Violent Attitudes Preventing Future Violent Behavior Among Youth

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• Alternative Title:
  J Interpers Violence
• Personal Author:
  Varela, Jorge J. ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Ryan, Allison M. ; Stoddard, Sarah A. ; Heinze, Justin E.
• Description:
  Evidence derived from social information theories support the existence of different underlying cognitive mechanisms guiding violent behavior through life. However, a few studies have examined the contribution of school variables to those cognitive mechanisms, which may help explain violent behavior later in life. The present study examines the relationship between school attachment, violent attitudes, and violent behavior over time in a sample of urban adolescents from the U.S. Midwest. We evaluated the influence of school attachment on violent attitudes and subsequent violent behavior. We used structural equation modeling to test our hypothesis in a sample of 579 participants (54.9% female, 81.3% African American). After controlling for gender and race, our results indicated that the relationship between school attachment and violent behavior over time is mediated by violent attitudes. The instrumentalization of the school context as a learning environment aiming to prevent future violent behavior is also discussed.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Aggression Attitude Female Humans Male Schools Violence
• Source:
  J Interpers Violence. 36(9-10):NP5407-NP5426
• Pubmed ID:
  30239267
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6597319
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA007484/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DA035811/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 CE002698/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  36
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:01e93fb2a39b197231b494ebe5825512ba0a975ad9c33e27c4adff1fa3abe081
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122892/cdc_122892_DS1.pdf
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