Aggressive behaviour of adolescents: prevalence and analysis of the role of family, peer and school-related factors
2014
Abstract
The major goal of the study was to describe the prevalence of specific forms of violent behaviour of adolescents in elementary schools and to analyse family, peer and school context of aggressive behaviour. Subjects and methods.
The sample consisted of adolescents from 115 randomly selected elementary schools. Schoolchildren from grades 7th, 8th and 9th were asked to fill in the on-line questionnaire via web access.
The items of the questionnaire covered the topic of aggressive behaviour and its context, relationships within the family, relationships towards peers, school and teachers. In sum 3,165 students participated, the mean age was 13.9 years (SD = 0.97)