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School violence and the culture of honor.
- Source :
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Psychological science [Psychol Sci] 2009 Nov; Vol. 20 (11), pp. 1400-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Oct 14. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We investigated the hypothesis that a sociocultural variable known as the culture of honor would be uniquely predictive of school-violence indicators. Controlling for demographic characteristics associated in previous studies with violent crime among adults, we found that high-school students in culture-of-honor states were significantly more likely than high-school students in non-culture-of-honor states to report having brought a weapon to school in the past month. Using data aggregated over a 20-year period, we also found that culture-of-honor states had more than twice as many school shootings per capita as non-culture-of-honor states. The data revealed important differences between school violence and general patterns of homicide and are consistent with the view that many acts of school violence reflect retaliatory aggression springing from intensely experienced social-identity threats.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Female
Homicide prevention & control
Homicide statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Rejection, Psychology
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Social Values
Socioeconomic Factors
Truth Disclosure
United States
Aggression psychology
Culture
Firearms statistics & numerical data
Hierarchy, Social
Homicide psychology
Moral Development
Schools
Self Concept
Social Identification
Violence psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1467-9280
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychological science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19843260
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02456.x