Exploring the Social-Ecological Determinants of Physical Fighting in U.S. Schools: What about Youth in Immigrant Families?

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Jun Sung; Merrin, Gabriel J.; Peguero, Anthony A.; Gonzalez-Prendes, A. Antonio; Lee, Na Youn
Titel	Exploring the Social-Ecological Determinants of Physical Fighting in U.S. Schools: What about Youth in Immigrant Families?
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 45 (2016) 2, S.279-299 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-015-9330-1
Schlagwörter	Violence; Aggression; Social Influences; Ecological Factors; Youth; Adolescents; Secondary School Students; Immigrants; Multiple Regression Analysis; Predictor Variables; Males; Instructional Program Divisions; Race; Ethnicity; Minority Group Students; Low Income Groups; Alienation; Family Environment; Peer Relationship; Bilingual Students; Student Attitudes; Discipline; Teacher Student Relationship; Racial Discrimination; Crime; At Risk Students; Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Sozialer Einfluss; Ökologischer Ansatz; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Sekundarschüler; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Prädiktor; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Entfremdung; Familienmilieu; Peer-Beziehungen; Schülerverhalten; Disziplin; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Background: Despite the growing presence of immigrant families in the US, little is known about physical fighting in school among youth from those families. Objective: The present study examines the social-ecological determinants of school physical fighting among youth in immigrant families. Implications for practice are also discussed. Method: Using the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study data set, the study sample consisted of 4288 immigrant students in 9th-12th grade. Models were estimated using multivariate logistic regression. Variables in the individual, family, friend/peer, and school contexts were included by fitting four hierarchical logistic models to the data. Results: Results indicated that youth in immigrant families who are males, in lower grade level, racial/ethnic minorities, and of low family socio-economic status (individual) were likely to engage in physical fights. Youth in immigrant families who feel detached from their parents (family); speak another language with friends (friend/peer); and perceive school discipline to be unfair, feel discriminated against by teachers, and who perceive school crimes to be a problem (school) are also at an elevated risk of physical fights. Conclusion: Findings from the study contribute to a growing body of research on youth in immigrant families. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01