RT Article
T1 Physical Violence Perpetration Among College Students: Prevalence and Associations With Substance Use and Mental Health Symptoms
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 37
IS 13/14
A1 Ganson, Kyle T.
A2 O’Connor, Julia
A2 Nagata, Jason M.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884268781
AB The aims of this study were to, first, report the prevalence of physical violence perpetration among a sample of college students and, second, to identify associations between physical violence perpetration, substance use, and mental health symptoms. We analyzed survey data from the Healthy Minds Study. We examined the 12-month prevalence of physical violence perpetration by gender identity from 2014?2019 (n = 181,056). We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to estimate associations between physical violence perpetration, substance use, and mental health symptoms from the 2018?2019 survey year (n = 43,563). Results revealed that 12-month prevalence rates of physical violence perpetration increased from 2014?2019 among male, female, and transgender/gender nonconforming college students. Results from multivariable logistic regression analyses using the 2018?2019 survey year revealed higher odds of physical violence perpetration in the previous 12 months among students who reported substance use and mental health symptoms, including vaping or e-cigarette use, illicit drug use, and nonsuicidal self-injury, among others. Our findings highlight steadily rising prevalence of physical violence perpetration from 2014?2019 among college students, indicating a growing need for more research and prevention efforts to address this problem in higher education settings. Efforts to prevent violence on college campuses should consider how to reduce substance use and improve mental health to reduce this form of violence.
K1 behavioral health
K1 College students
K1 mental health symptoms
K1 physical violence perpetration
K1 Substance Use
DO 10.1177/0886260521991888