Peer Physical Aggression and Its Association with Aggressive Beliefs, Empathy, Self-Control, and Cooperation Skills among Students in a Rural Town of China

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Fu Man; Chen, Jing Qi; Xiao, Wan Qing; Ma, Ya Ting; Zhang, Man
Titel	Peer Physical Aggression and Its Association with Aggressive Beliefs, Empathy, Self-Control, and Cooperation Skills among Students in a Rural Town of China
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 16, S.3252-3267 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260512441256
Schlagwörter	Risk; Cooperation; Aggression; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Empathy; Municipalities; Violence; Rural Areas; Student Behavior; Peer Relationship; Incidence; Self Control; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Questionnaires; Gender Differences; Age Differences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Co-operation; Kooperation; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Empathie; Magistrat; Gewalt; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Student behaviour; Peer-Beziehungen; Vorkommen; Selbstbeherrschung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	This study explored the prevalence of peer physical aggression (PPA) and its association with aggressive beliefs, empathy, self-control, and cooperation skills among 1,719 7th-to-9th-grade students in a rural town in the central China province of Henan. The data were collected by the self-administered questionnaire anonymously. Results showed that 17.9% of the students reported that they had one or more times of physical aggressive behaviors toward their peers in the past 12 months. The reported rate of PPA was significantly higher in boys (24.7%) than in girls (10.7%). After adjusting the factors of gender and grade, result of logistic regression analysis showed that having a higher level of aggressive beliefs was PPA risk factor; a higher level of self-control was protective factor, but there were no significant association between PPA and the factors of empathy and cooperation skills. These results indicated that helping students to decrease their aggressive beliefs and to improve their self-control skill would aid in the prevention of youth violence. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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