Delinquent and aggressive behaviour and social desirability among Roma and non-Roma adolescents in Slovakia: a cross-sectional study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514556103" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514556103</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514556103" target="_blank" >10.1177/0886260514556103</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Delinquent and aggressive behaviour and social desirability among Roma and non-Roma adolescents in Slovakia: a cross-sectional study

Original language description

Rates of aggression and delinquency are assumed to be higher among Roma and other minorities, but sound evidence of this is lacking. Our aim was to assess delinquent and aggressive behavior among Roma and non-Roma adolescents and the effects on ethnic differences of parental education and social desirability. We conducted a cross-sectional study among Roma from separated and segregated settlements in the eastern part of Slovakia (N = 330; M age = 14.50; interview) and non-Roma adolescents (N = 722; M age = 14.86; questionnaire). The effect of ethnicity on antisocial behaviors was analyzed using linear regression (crude) and adjusted for gender, parental education, and social desirability. Adjustment for social desirability diminished the ethnic differences in delinquency (B = 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [2.12, MINUS SIGN 0.04]), led to an increase in the differences in hostility (B = 2.43; 95% CI = [0.87, 3.99]), and led to the disappearance of differences in physical aggression (B = 0.45; 95% CI = [1.14, 2.07]). Parental education did not affect the associations in an important way. Our findings indicate that Roma are not that much different from non-Roma, in terms of antisocial behavior, which contradicts the general perception of Roma. Our findings should be confirmed in other settings.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE.2.3.20.0063" target="_blank" >EE.2.3.20.0063: Social determinants of health among social and health disadvantaged groups of population</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

ISSN

0886-2605

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

677-693

UT code for WoS article

000367838200006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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