title: Family and social environmental factors associated with aggression among Chinese adolescents.
abstract: Family and school environments are assumed to be associated with and influence aggressive behaviors. However, which specific risk factors within these environments that are associated with aggressive behavior are unclear. The goal of this study is to identify family and social environmental qualities that are related to aggression among Chinese adolescents. Survey data were obtained from 3,213 randomly selected urban high school students ages 10 through 18 in southern China. Lower parental attachment, higher family income, mother's higher education levels, father's parenting goals, rough or changeable parenting styles, unsuitable peer relationships, and inadequate social atmospheres at school serve as risk factors for aggression among Chinese adolescents. Our findings provide some implications for understanding aggression among adolescents and suggests possible interventions to help overcome potential environmental risk factors and thus to prevent aggressive behavior in school.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, XinHua College, Sun Yat-sen University.
authors.forename: Chunxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hunan Child Hospital.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Centre for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, XinHua College, Sun Yat-sen University.
authors.forename: Xiulan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Centre for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University.
authors.forename: Ziwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D012307:Risk Factors; D012572:School Health Services; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health