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Relationship between life satisfaction and violent behaviors among adolescents
R F Valois1, K J Zullig, E S Huebner
1School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA. RValois@sph.sc.edu
Objective:
To explore relationships between life satisfaction and violent behaviors among 5,032 adolescents.
Methods:
Adjusted polychotomous logistic regression analyses and multivariate models were used via SUDAAN with the 1997 CDC YRBS.
Results:
Carrying a weapon; carrying a gun; carrying a weapon at school; physical fighting; physical fighting at school; physical fighting that required physician treatment; drinking and driving; riding with a drinking driver; having property stolen/damaged at school; feeling unsafe while at, going to or returning from school; and being injured/ threatened with a weapon were associated (p=.05) with reduced life satisfaction.
Conclusion:
Measures of life satisfaction as a component of comprehensive assessments of adolescent violence/aggression in field-work, research, and program-evaluation efforts should be considered.