A Sex-Based Examination of Violence and Aggression Perceptions Among Adolescents: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis

Authors

Tammy Jordan Wyatt, University of Texas at San AntonioFollow

Abstract

In this study I examine the critical factors and themes that are identified as salient influencers of overt and relational aggression among youth. Sex differences and similarities associated with such adolescent perceptions are assessed. Forty-eight ethnically diverse youth between the ages of 14 and 16 years participated in sex-specific focus groups and individual interviews. Sex-Specific Systems Influence Diagrams (SID), models of influences and outcomes, were created using the Interactive Qualitative Analysis methods (Northcutt & McCoy, 2004). Study findings suggest that the critical influences on violent and aggressive behavior, peer relationships, popularity, and emotions, are sex-specific. By examining and understanding such influences, school health professionals may be better able to create a safe and healthy school environment and improve the effectiveness of violence prevention programs.

Keywords

Youth Violence, Violence Prevention, Adolescent Development, Interactive Qualitative Analysis, and Adolescent Sex Differences

Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge and thank Norvell Northcutt, Ph.D., from the University of Texas at Austin for his time spent reviewing this article and providing helpful input.

Publication Date

7-1-2010

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1183

Recommended APA Citation

Wyatt, T. J. (2010). A Sex-Based Examination of Violence and Aggression Perceptions Among Adolescents: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis. The Qualitative Report, 15(4), 823-851. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1183