TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adolescent violence: Is it the same everywhere?
AU  - Mercy JA, Dahlberg LL
Y1  - 2004/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.158.6.592
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 592
EP  - 594
VL  - 158
IS  - 6
N2  - 
Answering questions such as these requires cross-national research. The authors of this study are to be commended for expanding our insights into adolescent violence by examining it across 5 different countries. The limited availability of cross-national research on violence, however, has made it difficult to generalize findings beyond the United States and a few other highly developed countries where the bulk of research has been conducted.2 Moreover, the intranational research that has been conducted is limited because it often cannot adequately address the influence of social changes and cultural differences that vary greatly between, but not necessarily within, societies. For example, it may be far easier to study the influence of media violence on children and adolescents in a cross-national than an intranational context. Systematic comparisons of the United States, where children are directly and indirectly exposed to violence through a wide range and constant barrage of media outlets (eg, television, movies, video games, advertising, the Internet), with societies where the range and intensity of media exposure is far more limited may make it easier to isolate salient effects.

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.158.6.592
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.158.6.592
ER  -