@article{1c33ab2e7d374f26b7bcf0d9bbd2c76f,
title = "Fighting With Siblings and With Peers Among Urban High School Students",
abstract = "Understanding the determinants of fighting is important for prevention efforts. Unfortunately, there is little research on how sibling fighting is related to peer fighting. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between sibling fighting and peer fighting. Data are from the Boston Youth Survey 2008, a school-based sample of youth in Boston, MA. To estimate the association between sibling fighting and peer fighting, we ran four multivariate regression models and estimated adjusted prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals. We fit generalized estimating equation models to account for the fact that students were clustered within schools. Controlling for school clustering, race/ethnicity, sex, school failure, substance use, and caregiver aggression, youth who fought with siblings were 2.49 times more likely to have reported fighting with peers. To the extent that we can confirm that sibling violence is associated with aggressive behavior, we should incorporate it into violence prevention programming.",
keywords = "adolescents, family violence, physical fighting, risk behaviors, youth violence",
author = "Johnson, {Renee M.} and Duncan, {Dustin T.} and Rothman, {Emily F.} and Gilreath, {Tamika D.} and David Hemenway and Molnar, {Beth E.} and Deborah Azrael",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Renee M. Johnson was supported in part by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R03-DA025823; K01-DA31738). Dustin T. Duncan was supported by the Alonzo Smythe Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard School of Public Health. Emily F. Rothman was supported by a career development award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K01-AA017630). The BYS 2008 was funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U49-CE00740) to the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center (HYVPC), and in collaboration with the Boston Public Health Commission (Barbara Ferrer, Director), Boston{\textquoteright}s Office of Human Services (Larry Mayes, Chief), Boston Public Schools (Carol Johnson, Superintendent), and the Office of the Honorable Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The survey would not have been possible without the participation of the faculty, staff, administrators, and students of Boston Public Schools as well as the faculty, staff, and students of Harvard School of Public Health and City of Boston employees who participated in survey administration. The content is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC, the NIH, or the City of Boston. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014, {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2014.",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1177/0886260514552440",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "2221--2237",
journal = "Journal of Interpersonal Violence",
issn = "0886-2605",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "13",
}