TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - A cross-sectional study on physicaly violent behavior among youth males in Chengdu, Sichuan province
JO  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
A1  - Li, Xiaoling
A1  - Hu, Junmei
A1  - Feng, Fei
A1  - Hou, Fengsu
A1  - Yuan, Ping
SP  - 806
EP  - 808
VL  - 35
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of physically violent behavior among 18-34 years old males in Chengdu. <br><br>METHODS: 2 151 males aged 18-34 years was recruited in Chengdu, using a multistage stratified random sampling method. "Men's health and modern lifestyles survey questionnaire" was adopted to collect information on demography, physical violent behavior, attitude and reactions to violence. <br><br>RESULTS: Self-reported prevalence of physical violent behavior since 15 years of age among those 18-34 year-old males was 51.8%. 17.8% of the young males reported having violent behavior in the past 5 years, but the prevalence declined progressively with age (P < 0.01). People who were religious or remained single had higher prevalence rates than those non-religious, married or having regular sex partners (P < 0.01). Prevalence seemed relatively high in students or workers at service/commercial fields, with rates as 24.5% and 20.3%. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Data from our study suggested that physical violence was an important problem among young males in Chengdu. Factors as being young, single, divorced or widowed were associated with self-reported violent behavior. People who were religious, being students or working at the service/commercial fields seemed to be under high risk of carrying physical violence.<p />  <p>Language: zh</p>
LA  - zh
SN  - 0254-6450
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -