TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Risk-taking, attitudes toward aggression, and aggressive behavior among rural middle school youth
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Swaim, Randall C.
A1  - Henry, Kimberly L.
A1  - Baez, Nicholas E.
SP  - 157
EP  - 170
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examined the relationship between risk-taking, general acceptance of aggression (GAA), verbal harassment (VH), and aggressive behavior (AB) in the last 30 days among 1440 seventh- and eighth-grade rural middle school youth. Higher levels of risk-taking predicted higher GAA and VH. Significant interactions for AB indicated that, excepting Black youth, higher risk-taking was related to higher levels of violent behavior. Among Black youth the highest levels of AB occurred at moderate levels of risk-taking. Level of risk-taking is an important risk factor that should be taken into account in the study of attitudes toward aggression and aggressive behavior among rural youth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -