Citation

Beaver KM, Vaughn MG, DeLisi M, Wright JP. Am. J. Public Health 2008; 98(12): 2185-2187.

Affiliation

College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127, USA. kbeaver@fsu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2008.137018

PMID

18923108

PMCID

PMC2636528

Abstract

We examined the effects of anabolic-androgenic steroid use on serious violent behavior. Multivariate models based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 6823) were used to examine the association between lifetime and past-year self-reported anabolic-androgenic steroid use and involvement in violent acts. Compared with individuals who did not use steroids, young adult males who used anabolic-androgenic steroids reported greater involvement in violent behaviors after we controlled for the effects of key demographic variables, previous violent behavior, and polydrug use.

Language: en