AAP News Vol. 14 No. 8 August 1998, p. 2
© 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Screening teens for anger

Carla Kemp and Luann Zanzola

Teens who have witnessed or been victims of violence and are angry are more likely to commit violent acts than other teens, according to a study of 3,735 students.

Students age 14 to 19 years from six Ohio and Colorado public high schools were given anonymous self-report surveys asking:

• how often in the past year they had engaged in violent acts such as threatening others with physical harm, beating up, mugging or shooting at someone;

• whether they had been exposed to physical violence; and

• whether they had been sexually abused or assaulted, or witnessed someone else being abused or assaulted.

In addition, trauma symptoms such as anxiety, depression, anger and post-traumatic stress were measured using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children.