Beliefs about Fighting and Their Relations to Urban Adolescents' Frequency of Aggression and Victimization: Evaluation of the Beliefs about Fighting Scale

Autor/inn/en	Farrell, Albert D.; Bettencourt, Amie F.; Mehari, Krista R.
Titel	Beliefs about Fighting and Their Relations to Urban Adolescents' Frequency of Aggression and Victimization: Evaluation of the Beliefs about Fighting Scale
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 39 (2019) 6, S.785-813 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431618791297
Schlagwörter	Attitude Measures; Beliefs; Aggression; Victims; Urban Schools; Middle School Students; African American Students; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Prevention; Adolescents; Student Behavior; Behavior Problems; Prosocial Behavior; Peer Relationship; Conflict + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Victim; Opfer; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Studentin; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Konflikt
Abstract	This study investigated the structure and concurrent validity of the Beliefs About Fighting Scale (BAFS). Participants were 2,118 students from three urban middle schools who completed measures of their beliefs, frequency of physical aggression, victimization, and nonviolent intentions. Ratings of students' frequency of physical aggression, physical victimization, and nonviolent behavior were also obtained from their teachers. The majority of the sample was African American (81%). Confirmatory factor analyses supported a model with separate factors representing beliefs against fighting, beliefs that fighting is sometimes necessary, beliefs supporting reactive aggression, and beliefs supporting proactive aggression. Support was also found for strong measurement invariance across sex, grade, and groups that differed in whether a violence-prevention program was being implemented at their school. The four BAFS factors were associated with adolescents' frequency of aggression, victimization, and nonviolent behavior. This study underscores the importance of assessing multiple aspects of beliefs associated with aggressive behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01