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Prediction of violence perpetration among high-risk youth
Steve Sussman1, Silvana Skara, Michelle D Weiner
1Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA. ssussma@usc.edu
Objectives:
To prospectively examine demographic background, personality, perceived environment, and behavior as violence perpetration predictors in emerging adulthood among high-risk adolescents using problem-behavior theory as a conceptual perspective.
Methods:
Self-report questionnaires were administered 5 years apart to 676 participants.
Results:
Hard drug use, belief that hurting another's property while drunk was acceptable, and high-risk group self-identification predicted later violence perpetration independent of baseline violence perpetration.
Conclusions:
Consistent with problem-behavior theory, personality, perceived environment, and behavior variables, beyond baseline violent behavior, predict risk for future violence perpetration in emerging adulthood, whereas demographic background may exert indirect effects.
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