TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Daring, Substance Use and Involvement in Violence Among School Children: Exploring a Path Model
JO  - Journal of school violence
A1  - Harel, Yossi
A1  - Laufer, Avital
A1  - Molcho, Michal
SP  - 71 
EP  -  88
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - This study explores whether the association between substance use and involvement in youth violence is a unique association resulting from the properties of the drugs, or whether it is part of a larger behavioral cluster. The sample was composed of 1,571 10th grade students from the Israeli secular and religious state school systems, including both Jewish and Arab schools. The results indicate that the strongest predictor for unplanned violent activities such as physical fights is alcohol use, suggesting that this chemical substance may lower the threshold of unplanned violence. However, daring was found to be the strongest predictor for planned violent activities such as bullying and weapon carrying, suggesting that the behavioral pattern is the most influential. Thus future research and intervention programs would perhaps benefit from differentiating between planned and unplanned violence.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-8220
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J202v05n03_06
ID  - ref1
ER  -