Citation
Ryabov, I. (2019). Physical violence and vulnerable adolescents: the roles of school climate and presence of similar peers.
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. pp. 14
Abstract
Using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (a.k.a., Add Health), this study examines the impact of school climate and share of vulnerable groups of students on self-perceived discrimination and violence involvement in high school. Violence involvement is operationalized as victimization and perpetration of physical violence. Five categories of vulnerability status are analyzed: the emotionally disabled, learning disabled, physically disabled, obese and LGB. Results suggest that relatively higher odds of violence involvement for individuals who were members of vulnerable groups as adolescents are fully explained by school climate and an extensive set of individual-level controls. While the share of vulnerable groups in school is not consistently correlated with violence involvement, school climate is found to be highly predictive of self-perceived discrimination and violence involvement. Consequently, we believe that improving school climate is the most effective strategy for reducing violence involvement of vulnerable youth in school.
URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2019.1672909Keyword(s)
Adolescence
Notes
ISI Document Delivery No.: JD1NZ Times Cited: 0 Cited Reference Count: 54 Ryabov, Igor 0 Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd Abingdon 1745-0136
Reference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
Author(s)
Ryabov, I.
Year Published
2019
Pages
14
ISSN/ISBN
1745-0128
DOI
10.1080/17450128.2019.1672909
Reference ID
6575
