Journal article
Pubertal stage and the prevalence of violence and social/relational aggression
SA Hemphill, A Kotevski, TI Herrenkohl, JW Toumbourou, JB Carlin, RF Catalano, GC Patton
Pediatrics | Published : 2010
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined associations between pubertal stage and violent adolescent behavior and social/relational aggression. METHODS: The International Youth Development Study comprises statewide representative student samples in grades 5, 7, and 9 (N = 5769) in Washington State and Victoria, Australia, drawn as a 2-stage cluster sample in each state. We used a school-administered, self-report student survey to measure previous-year violent behavior (ie, attacking or beating up another person) and social/relational aggression (excluding peers from the group, threatening to spread lies or rumors), as well as risk and protective factors and pubertal development. Cross-sectional data were analy..
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Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Funding Acknowledgements
We are grateful for the financial support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant R01-DA012140-05) for the IYDS. We thank the Healthy Development Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, for funding the analyses for this article. Dr Hemphill is supported by funding from Australian Research Council Discovery Project DPO663371, Dr Patton is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship, and Dr Toumbourou is supported by a Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Fellowship.Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).