Peer Violence Perpetration among Urban Adolescents: Dispelling the Myth of the Violent Immigrant

Autor/inn/en	Almeida, Joanna; Johnson, Renee M.; McNamara, Mariah; Gupta, Jhumka
Titel	Peer Violence Perpetration among Urban Adolescents: Dispelling the Myth of the Violent Immigrant
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 (2011) 13, S.2658-2680 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260510388288
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Hispanic Americans; Whites; American Indians; Alaska Natives; Pacific Islanders; Asian Americans; Adolescents; Immigration; Immigrants; Violence; Urban Areas; Misconceptions; Correlation; Generational Differences; At Risk Persons; Comparative Analysis; Substance Abuse; Grades (Scholastic); Acculturation; High School Students; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; American Indian; Indianer; Inuit; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Gewalt; Urban area; Stadtregion; Missverständnis; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Notenspiegel; Akkulturation; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Researchers have found an inverse relationship between immigrant status and violence perpetration. Most studies have examined Mexican immigrants, and few have assessed immigration factors other than nativity. Additionally, the majority have focused on the most serious forms of violence despite the fact that moderate violence is more common. Using data from the 2008 Boston Youth Survey, we generated prevalence estimates of peer violence perpetration across immigration related factors, examined whether risk factors for peer violence differed by these variables, and explored the contribution of risk factors to peer violence perpetration. Recent immigrants had a significantly lower prevalence of peer violence compared to each other generations/time in U.S. group. Known risk factors for violence perpetration varied by generation/time in U.S.: compared to other groups, recent immigrants were less likely to have used substances, and were more likely earn A's and B's in school. Recent immigrants had a significantly lower risk of violence perpetration relative to U.S.-born (RR = 0.35, 95% CI: 0.19, 0.62). Adjusting for known risk factors did not attenuate differences in risk. While immigrant youth had a lower risk of peer violence, the protective effect was diminished among immigrants who had resided in the U.S. for greater than 4 years. This pattern demonstrates that negative assimilation occurs "within" the first generation, not just across generations. Results suggest that perpetration of violence worsens with increased time in the U.S. Research is needed to identify factors that contribute to the acquisition of behaviors such as violence among recently arrived immigrant youth. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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