Violence-related behaviors among adolescents and its association with cognitive emotion regulation strategies

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Violence-related behaviors among adolescents and its association with cognitive emotion regulation strategies Peng Bao, Jin Jing, Wen-Han Yang, Xiu-Hong Li, Yu-Sui Cai Guangzhou, China

Methods: We cross-sectionally surveyed 3315 students in grades 7 to 10 using anonymous, self-reporting questionnaires to examine strategies to regulate cognitive emotion and violence-related behaviors in young adolescents. A logistic regression model was used to identify the relationship between specific violent behaviors and strategies to regulate cognitive emotion. Results: The most commonly reported type of violent behavior was verbal attack (48.6%), while 7.1% of students were involved in fights and 2.4% had been injured in fights. Boys were involved in all forms of violent behavior studied, and did so significantly more often than girls (P