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Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Violent Behaviors among Adolescents
Objective:
To explore relationships between life satisfaction and violent behaviors
among 5,032 adolescents. Methods: To explore relationships
between life satisfaction and violent behaviors among 5,032 adolescents.
Results:Carrying a weapon; carrying a gun; carrying a weapon
at school; physical fighting; physical fighting at school; physical
fighting that required physician treatment; drinking and driving;
riding with a drinking driver; having property stolen/damaged at
school; feeling unsafe while at, going to or returning from school;
and being injured/threatened with a weapon were associated (p=.05)
with reduced life satisfaction. Conclusion: Measures of life
satisfaction as a component of comprehensive assessments of adolescent
violence/aggression in fieldwork, research, and program-evaluation
efforts should be considered. |