Citation

Swaim RC, Henry KL, Baez NE. Violence Vict. 2004; 19(2): 157-170.

Affiliation

Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University Fort Collins 80523-1676, USA. rswaim@lamar.colostate.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Springer Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

15384452

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.

Language: en