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Published on: July 4, 2013
Risk-taking, attitudes toward aggression, and aggressive behavior among rural middle school youth
Randall C Swaim1, Kimberly L Henry, Nicholas E Baez
1Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University Fort Collins 80523-1676, USA. rswaim@lamar.colostate.edu
Abstract:
This study examined the relationship between risk-taking, general acceptance of aggression (GAA), verbal harassment (VH), and aggressive behavior (AB) in the last 30 days among 1440 seventh- and eighth-grade rural middle school youth. Higher levels of risk-taking predicted higher GAA and VH. Significant interactions for AB indicated that, excepting Black youth, higher risk-taking was related to higher levels of violent behavior. Among Black youth the highest levels of AB occurred at moderate levels of risk-taking. Level of risk-taking is an important risk factor that should be taken into account in the study of attitudes toward aggression and aggressive behavior among rural youth.
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