AUTHOR=Fauzi Fatimah Ahmad , Zulkefli Nor Afiah Mohd , Baharom Anisah 

TITLE=Aggressive behavior in adolescent: The importance of biopsychosocial predictors among secondary school students

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.992159

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.992159

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>Overt aggression is a common type of aggression observed among adolescents, which is apparent and outward confrontational acts manifested physically and verbally, such as fighting and shouting. It has become a major public health concern, as it results in detrimental health impacts like injury, mental health, and social problems.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>An observational study was conducted among 16-year-old school students to determine their biopsychosocial predictors, using stratified proportionate population sampling. Pre-tested surveys were distributed to measure students’ aggression, biological, psychological, and social factors.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>A total of 463 students from four public secondary schools participated in the study, with a median aggression score was 23.00 (IQR=12.00). The significant predictors of aggression from multivariate analysis were Malay race, frequent dessert intakes, attitude towards aggression, low family income, and peer deviant affiliation (<italic>F</italic> [8, 244] = 15.980, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001, adjusted <italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> = 0.290).</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>Adolescent aggression determinants are collectively impacted as a result of biological, psychological, and social predictors and need to be focused on in interventional strategies.</p></sec>