Trends in Fighting and Violence Among Adolescents in the United States, 2002-2014

To examine trends in and correlates of fighting and violence among youths from the 3 largest racial/ethnic groups in the United States. We derived race/ethnicity-specific prevalence estimates for fighting, group fighting, and attacks with intent to harm from the National Survey on Drug Use and Healt...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2017-06, Vol.107 (6), p.977-982
Main Authors:	Salas-Wright, Christopher P, Nelson, Erik J, Vaughn, Michael G, Reingle Gonzalez, Jennifer M, Córdova, David
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adolescent Health Adolescents African Americans African Americans - statistics & numerical data Aggression Aggression - psychology AIDS AJPH Research Alcohol Alcoholic beverages Audio data Behavior Body weight Bundling Colleges & universities Confidence intervals Continental Population Groups Correlation Crime Criminal investigations Data acquisition Data collection Disease control Division Drug abuse Drug use Empirical analysis Epidemiology Estimates Ethnic groups Ethnicity European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Eye Fighting Genetics Health risks Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data Hispanic people HIV Hotels Human behavior Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Injury/Emergency Care/Violence Intervention Medical treatment Mental disorders Military bases Minority & ethnic groups Population Population statistics Population studies Prevalence Prevention Public health Religion Risk Risk taking Sexual behavior Shelters Socioeconomic Factors Statistical analysis Substance use Surveillance Surveys and Questionnaires Tactile stimuli Teenagers Trends Uniform Crime Reports United States Variables Violence Violence - ethnology Violence - statistics & numerical data Youth
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Summary:	To examine trends in and correlates of fighting and violence among youths from the 3 largest racial/ethnic groups in the United States. We derived race/ethnicity-specific prevalence estimates for fighting, group fighting, and attacks with intent to harm from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a population-based study of youths aged 12 to 17 years. The prevalence of youth fighting and violence decreased significantly in all racial/ethnic groups over the study period (2002-2014), dropping from a high of 33.6% in 2003 to a low of 23.7% in 2014, reflecting a 29% decrease in the relative proportion of young people involved in these behaviors. However, there was also a clear severity gradient in which year-by-year point estimates for fighting and violence were consistently highest among non-Hispanic African American youths, followed by Hispanic and then non-Hispanic White youths. Although fighting and violence are on the decline among young people in general and across racial/ethnic subgroups, there is a stable pattern of disparities in youth involvement in these behaviors.
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048