@article{ref1,
title="Impact of prosocial behavioral involvement on school violence perpetration among African American middle school and high school students",
journal="Journal of immigrant and minority health",
year="2018",
author="McDade, Rhyanne S. and King, Keith A. and Vidourek, Rebecca A. and Merianos, Ashley L.",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="7-13",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with school violence perpetration among African American youth. African American students in 7th through 12th grade (n = 7488) in schools within one Metropolitan area completed the Pride National Drug Survey. Chi square analyses revealed school violence perpetration significantly differed based on grade and prosocial behavioral involvement. Students in 7th-8th grade (54.7%) were more likely to engage in school violence in comparison to 9th-12th grade students (48.8%). Students with low prosocial behavior (52.8%) involvement were more likely than their counterparts (48.9%) to engage in school violence perpetration. Logistic regression also indicated females and 9th-12th students with low prosocial behavior involvement were significantly less likely than their counterparts to engage in school violence. <br><br>FINDINGS should be considered by health educators and prevention specialists when developing programs and efforts to prevent in school violence perpetration among African American students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1557-1912",
doi="10.1007/s10903-016-0544-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0544-6"
}