The relationship between antisocial behaviour and injury-related behaviour among young Norwegian adolescents

Frode Thuen, Mons Bendixen
1996 Health Education Research  
This paper investigates the relationship between antisocial behaviour and injury-related behaviour in a sample of young Norwegian males and females. The results indicated that antisocial behaviour was positively related to risk-seeking behaviour and negatively related to safety-seeking behaviour. The associations were similar for both genders. The findings suggest that the disproportionate level of injuries among antisocial and 'delinquent' adolescents, which are reported in numerous studies,
more » ... y be accounted for by their high level of risk-seeking activity and low level of safety-seeking activity.
doi:10.1093/her/11.1.51 fatcat:gb6k52z5h5bytiiqz75a5fzxam