Patterns of Aggressive Behaviors Across Mental Health in Sixth Graders.

ABSTRACT: School-based violence is a current public concern in the United States. One factor that can impact school-based violence that has gained much attention is mental health status. To better inform public perceptions, this study provides new evidence concerning the association between mental health status and acting out violence in school-aged populations. We examined a diverse sample of sixth graders across 14 schools in Texas in 2011-2012 (N = 721) who completed a self-administered survey assessing mental health symptoms and frequency of perpetration and/or receipt of different types of aggressive behaviors. Multinomial regression models tested whether adolescents with mental health symptoms (overall and by symptom types) are more predisposed to be actors only, recipients only, or bot

SUBMITTER: DuPont-Reyes MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6378122 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature