Adolescent school injuries and classroom sex compositions in German secondary schools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School injuries are an important adolescent health problem. Previous research suggests that relevant risk behaviors for school injuries, risk-taking and aggression, are highly susceptible to peer effects. Specifically, evidence suggests that the ratio of men and women in peer groups (sex ratio) affects individuals' propensity for aggression and risk-taking. However, potential associations of classroom sex ratios with adolescent school injury risks have not been studied so far. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association of classroom sex compositions with adolescent school injuries.

Methods

We investigate the association of classroom sex ratios with school injuries in a longitudinal survey dataset containing 13,131 observations from 9,204 adolescent

SUBMITTER: Filser A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature