Influence of Attitudes toward Violence and Motor Impulsiveness on the Violent Behavior of Adolescents at School

  1. Pina, David 3
  2. Jiménez-Barbero, José 3
  3. Calero-Mora, Cecília 1
  4. Puente-Lopez, Esteban 3
  5. Ruiz-Hernández, José António 3
  6. Galián-Muñoz, Inmaculada 1
  7. Llor-Zaragoza, Laura 3
  8. Vidal-Alves, Maria 2
  1. 1 Institute of Social Security (INSS)
  2. 2 Universidade Do Porto
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    Universidade Do Porto

    Oporto, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/043pwc612

  3. 3 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

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Journal:
Forensic Sciences

ISSN: 2673-6756

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 2

Issue: 1

Pages: 253-261

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3390/FORENSICSCI2010019 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Background: School violence during adolescence has become a major issue worldwide. Both impulsiveness and adolescents’ attitudes toward violence will influence violent behavior against peers at school. Our objective is to study the influence of motor impulsiveness and attitudes on adolescents’ violent behavior at school, as well as to assess sex and age differences. Methods: Cluster sampling was performed, obtaining a sample of 513 adolescents between 13 and 19 years from four centers of secondary education. Results: A strong relationship is found between violent school behavior, defined as relational and overt aggression, and attitudes towards violence perceived as legitimate defense and violence used to cope with problems and social relations. The results showed significant sex differences favoring the boys in all the variables studied, except for motor impulsiveness and relational aggression. In terms of age, we found significant differences only for motor impulsiveness, favoring the older age group (≥15 years). The current findings may provide an important core of evidence to support forensic decision making in pre-trial and court settings, and further contribute to recidivism prevention.

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