Trends and socio-economic correlates of adolescent physical fighting in 30 countries.

Pickett, William, Molcho, Michal, Elgar, Frank, Brooks, F., De Looze, Margaretha, Rathmann, Katharina, ter Bogt, Tom, nic Gabhainn, Saoirse, Sigmundova, D., Gaspar De Matos, M., Craig, W., Walsh, S., Harel-Fisch, Y. and Currie, C. (2013) Trends and socio-economic correlates of adolescent physical fighting in 30 countries. e18-e26. ISSN 0031-4005
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No recent international studies provide evidence about its prevalence, trends, or social determinants of physical fighting in adolescents. We studied cross-national epidemiologic trends over time in the occurrence of frequent physical fighting, demographic variations in reported trends, and national wealth and income inequality as correlates.