title: Risk factors and behaviors associated with adolescent violence and aggression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore risk factors and behaviors associated with aggressive and violent behaviors among adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comprehensive review of research literature from various disciplines associated with improving the health and well-being of adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Risk factors and behaviors associated with adolescent aggression and violence are discussed via 6 major factor categories: individual, family, school/academic, peer-related, community and neighborhood, and situational.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescent aggression and violence develops and manifests within a complex constellation of factors. Prevention intervention efforts should be theory based, multicomponent, and multisystem; they should begin in middle school and continue into high school with a comprehensive evaluation design.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA. RFValois@gwm.sc.edu
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Valois
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bretous
authors.forename: Megan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: J Wanzer
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Drane
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000374:Aggression; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012574:Schools; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence