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Correlates of Violent and Nonviolent Behavior among Vulnerable Inner- City Youths
Director, Nursing Special Projects Children's Hospital Birmingham, Alabama
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of violent and nonviolent behavior among a group of vulnerable inner-city youths. Students attending schools known to be at high risk for violence (n =521) were administered an anonymous questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis predicted violent behavior from youths who are exposed to violence, are gang members, have family or friends who are gang members, and have peer support. Nonviolent behavior was predicted from youths who have adult social support, view religion as important, are younger, and are female. This sstudy supports the role of certain factors in mitigating violent behavior among vulnerable youths
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