title: Influence of school-level and family-level variables on Chinese college students' aggression.
abstract: With the frequent occurrence of campus violence, scholars have devoted increasing attention to college students' aggression. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of aggression in Chinese university students and identify factors that could influence their aggression. We can thus find methods to reduce the incidence of college students' aggression in the future. A multi-stage stratified sampling procedure was used to select university students (N = 4565) aged 16-25 years in Harbin. The Aggression Questionnaire, the Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist and the Social Support Revalued Scale were used to collect data. Females reported lower levels of aggression than males (p < .001). A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to determine the influence of factors of aggression, and the model was highly significant (R2= .233, Ad R2= .230, p < .01). The results show that the aggression is affected by gender, family-level and school-level variables. Aggression scores are significantly correlated with not only family-level or school-level variables independently, but their combination as well. We find that the risk factors for aggression include a dissatisfying profession, higher levels of study pressure, poor parental relationships, poor interpersonal relationships, the presence of siblings, punishment, health maladjustment, less subjective support, and lower levels of utilization of social support.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Jiawei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Jiarun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Yunmiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: b Department of Medical Psychology , Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , China.
authors.forename: Xiongzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: c Department of Internal Neurology , The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou , China.
authors.forename: Jincai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Xiuxian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Zhengxue
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: d Department of Biostatistics , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Psychology , Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University , Harbin , China.
authors.forename: Yanjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D002681:China; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aggression; family-level variables; influence factors; school-level variables; university students