Inequality and adolescent violence: an exploration of community, family, and individual factors.
OBJECTIVE
The study seeks to examine whether the relationships among community, family, individual factors, and violent behavior are parallel across race- and gender-specific segments of the adolescent population.


METHODS
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health are analyzed to highlight the complex relationships between inequality, community, family, individual behavior, and violence.


RESULTS
The results from robust regression analysis provide evidence that social environmental factors can influence adolescent violence in race- and gender-specific ways.


CONCLUSIONS
Findings from this study establish the plausibility of multidimensional models that specify a complex relationship between inequality and adolescent violence.
Bruce
Marino A
MA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Family Medicine, Madison, WI 53715, USA. mbruce@fammed.wisc.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000145:classification*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012962:Sociology, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*