Temporal Trends of Physical Fights and Physical Attacks Among Adolescents Aged 12 –15 years From 30 Countries From Africa, Asia, and the Americas

There is a scarcity of literature on temporal trends in physical fighting and physical attacks among the global adolescent population. Therefore, we aimed to examine these trends in a nationally representative sample of school-going adolescents aged 12 –15 years from 30 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, for which temporal trends of physical fighting and physical attacks are largely unknown.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Lee Smith, Guillermo F. L ópez Sánchez, Hans Oh, Louis Jacob, Karel Kostev, Masoud Rahmati, Laurie Butler, Helen Keyes, Yvonne Barnett, Dong Keon Yon, Jae Il Shin, Ai Koyanagi Tags: Original article Source Type: research