调查显示澳洲男孩比美国男孩更加有暴力倾向

最后的武士

转载自足迹新闻板块，考虑给亲自版的筒子们分享，因为这与澳洲本地学校的Bully问题有关。

http://www.smh.com.au/national/b ... -20091126-juqd.html

Boys more violent than in US: studyNICK MILLER
November 27, 2009
AUSTRALIAN boys are more violent than American boys, new research suggests.

A study by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in collaboration with the University of Washington asked almost 4000 students aged 12 to 16 in Victoria and Washington state about violent behaviour.

They were asked if in the previous year they had either attacked someone with the idea of seriously hurting them or beaten someone so badly that they required medical treatment.

In the first interview, 12.6 per cent of Victorian boys admitted to such behaviour, compared with 10 per cent of Washington boys.

A year later the numbers were even higher: 17.5 per cent in Victorian and 12.6 per cent in Washington. The researchers also compared risk factors for violence between the two groups, and found that in Victoria almost 20 per cent of the students admitted to binge drinking at least once, compared with 8 per cent in Washington.

Other factors linked to violence included low-income households, sole-parent status, family conflict and low school grades.

The longitudinal study, published this week by the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, found students who were suspended from school or arrested were 1.5 times more likely to engage in violence 12 months later.

A researcher, Dr Sheryl Hemphill, said that the higher rate of violence in Australia was unexpected.

''This study is important in determining whether we need to specifically address violent behaviour in Australian boys.''