TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Physical fighting among school-going Portuguese adolescents: Social and behavioural correlates
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Fraga, S.
A1  - Ramos, E.
A1  - Dias, S.
A1  - Barros, H.
SP  - 401
EP  - 404
VL  - 52
IS  - 5
N2  - Objective The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency and to assess the determinants of physical fighting among Portuguese school-going adolescents. METHODS: A cross-sectional evaluation of urban adolescents born in 1990 and enrolled in public and private schools of Porto was performed in 2007. We identified 3,161 17-year-old eligible adolescents and 73.3% accepted to participate. Information was collected using a self-administered questionnaire assessing socio-demographic, behavioural, family and health-related characteristics. The magnitude of the associations between those characteristics and physical fighting was estimated using logistic regression. RESULTS: Overall, 33.8% of adolescents (48.6% of boys and 20.1% of girls; p<0.001) engaged in a physical fight during the previous 12months. The school premises were the most frequently reported setting where fights occurred (girls - 41.2% and boys - 46.7%, p=0.179). After adjustment, and in both genders, we found statistically significant associations between physical fighting and grade retention, smoking, drinking and age at first sexual intercourse. CONCLUSION: Physical fighting among school-going adolescents is frequent, tends to occur at school premises, and to cluster with other well recognized adverse health behaviours.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.02.015
ID  - ref1
ER  -