Unnecessary Roughness? School Sports, Peer Networks, and Male Adolescent Violence

Autor/in	Kreager, Derek A.
Titel	Unnecessary Roughness? School Sports, Peer Networks, and Male Adolescent Violence
Quelle	In: American Sociological Review, 72 (2007) 5, S.705-724 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224
DOI	10.1177/000312240707200503
Schlagwörter	Socialization; Team Sports; Racquet Sports; Extramural Athletics; Violence; Social Control; Males; Masculinity; Athletes; Peer Relationship; Social Networks; High School Students; Social Influences; Social Theories; Participation; At Risk Persons; Peer Influence; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Family Structure; Parent Child Relationship; Self Esteem; Socioeconomic Status; Clubs; Body Composition; Delinquency; United States; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socialisation; Sozialisation; Mannschaftssport; Außerunterrichtlicher Schulsport; Gewalt; Soziale Kontrolle; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Männlichkeit; Athlet; Peer-Beziehungen; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sozialer Einfluss; Gesellschaftstheorie; Teilnahme; Risikogruppe; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Club; Klub; Kriminalität; USA
Abstract	This article examines the extent to which participation in high school interscholastic sports contributes to male violence. Deriving competing hypotheses from social control, social learning, and masculinity theories, I use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to test if (1) type of sport and (2) peer athletic participation, contribute to the risks of male serious fighting. Contrary to social control expectations, analyses suggest that athletic involvement fails to inhibit male violence. Moreover, there is a strong relationship between contact sports and violence. Football players and wrestlers, as opposed to baseball, basketball, tennis, and other athletes, are significantly more likely than nonathletic males to be involved in a serious fight. Additionally, the direct effect of football is explained by the football participation of individuals' peers. Males whose friends play football are more likely to fight than other males, supporting perspectives that emphasize peer contexts as important mediators. Overall, findings are consistent with the expectations of social learning and masculinity arguments. The theoretical and policy implications of these results are discussed. (Contains 8 footnotes, 2 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10