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ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2022

Violence Perpetration in Early Adolescence: A Study of Four Urban Communities Worldwide.

Sam Beckwith, Chaohua Lou, Kristien Michielsen, Eric Mafuta, Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Robert Wm Blum

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Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Sam BeckwithDepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: sbeckwi2@jhmi.edu.
Chaohua LouDepartment of Epidemiology & Social Science, NHC Key Lab. of Reproductive Regulation (Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Kristien MichielsenInternational Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Eric MafutaHealth Systems Policy and Management Department, University of Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Siswanto Agus WilopoDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Population Health and Center for Reproductive Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Robert Wm BlumDepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Johns Hopkins University · USFudan University · CNGhent University Hospital · BEUniversitas Gadjah Mada · IDUniversity of Kinshasa · CD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeViolence perpetration is common among adolescents worldwide but existing research largely focuses on boys, older adolescents, and partner violence. Our study sought to identify individual, family, and neighborhood/peer factors associated with violence perpetration in a multinational sample of male and female young adolescents.

methodsWe used cross-sectional data from 5,762 adolescents in four sites in the Global Early Adolescent Study: Flanders, Belgium; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shanghai, China; and Semarang, Indonesia. Adolescents resided in high-poverty urban areas and were aged 10 to 14 years. Logistic regression examined pooled and stratified associations between independent variables with peer violence perpetration in the past six months. Factors included media viewing habits, gender norms, victimization, agency/empowerment, adversity, depression, familial relationships, neighborhood cohesion, and peer behaviors.

resultsRestricted-model analyses found increased odds of violence perpetration associated with high media consumption, pornography viewing, violence or bullying victimization, having drank alcohol, depressive symptoms, adverse childhood experiences, greater behavioral control, greater decision-making, feeling unsafe in the neighborhood/school, peer alcohol/tobacco use, and witnessing peers start a fight. Decreased odds of violence perpetration were associated with more egalitarian views on two gender norms scales, closer parental relationships, neighbors looking out for one another, and greater availability of adult help. DISCUSSION: Among young adolescents, increased odds of violence perpetration were related to a perceived lack of safety and risky peer behaviors. Parental and neighborhood connections were often associated with decreased perpetration. Further research examining the interplay of such factors among young adolescents is needed to inform effective intervention and policy.

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Crime VictimsIntimate Partner ViolenceAdolescentChinaCross-Sectional StudiesDemocratic Republic of the CongoFemaleHumansMaleViolenceAdolescentAdverse childhood experiencesBullyingEarly adolescenceGender normsPeer-violence perpetration

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