Youth Violence across Multiple Dimensions: A Study of Violence, Absenteeism, and Suspensions among Middle School Children - 22/08/12
, Yuan Wu, PhD 1, Sheryl Kataoka, MD 2, Marleen Wong, PhD 3, Jingzhen Yang, PhD 1, Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD 1, Bradley Stein, PhD 4
Reprint requests: Marizen Ramirez, PhD, University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Occupational and Environmental health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 105 River St. S318 Iowa City, IA 52242-5000.Abstract |
Objective |
To determine how multidimensional measures of violence correlate with school absenteeism and suspensions among middle school youth.
Study design |
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2004 with 28
882 sixth graders from an urban school district. Data were collected on role (witness, victim, perpetrator) and mode (verbal, physical, weapons) of past-year violence exposures, and absences and suspensions over 1 academic year. Associations between violence and absenteeism and suspension were estimated using generalized linear models.
Results |
ORs for suspension increased from witnessing to victimization to perpetration and then victimization-perpetration. Among those exposed to weapons, victims (ORboys = 1.45; ORgirls = 1.38) had similar or slightly higher ORs for absenteeism than perpetrators (ORboys = 1.39; ORgirls = 1.17). Boy victims and witnesses of physical violence had similar absenteeism patterns as those unexposed to physical violence. Of all exposed girls, victim-perpetrators had the highest ORs for absenteeism (OR = 1.76).
Conclusion |
Exposure to violence correlated with absenteeism and suspension. The strength of these relationships depended on mode and role in exposure. Our cross-sectional data limits our ability to establish causality. Findings have implications for prevention.
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| Funded by the Office of Public Health Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant K01-CD000196), and the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, which is supported by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant R49 CD001167). The authors declare no conflicts of interest. |
Vol 161 - N° 3
P. 542 - septembre 2012 Retour au numéro
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