Perceptions of anger and aggression in rural adolescent Australian males
Perceptions of anger and aggression in rural adolescent Australian males
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DOI：
10.1111/inm.12513
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发表时间：
2019-02-01
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Stevens, John
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作者：
Edwards, Paul;van de Mortel, Thea;Stevens, John
问题性愤怒通常是年轻男性深层心理健康问题的外在表现和表达，与抑郁、攻击性和自杀有着密切的联系。很少有研究从青少年男性的角度探讨青少年的愤怒和攻击性，甚至更少的研究专门关注农村环境。本研究旨在从澳大利亚农村青少年男性的角度了解愤怒和攻击的作用。心理健康护士可以在这方面的知识基础上，促进更有适应性的应对愤怒的方法，从而确定预防暴力和促进这一群体心理健康的具体干预措施。187名农村男性青少年参加了在他们参与“岩石和水计划”期间开展的焦点小组。参与者确定了一些他们认为对他们目睹和经历的侵略有贡献的因素，并在回答研究问题时出现了八个主题。四个主题与人格因素有关，即种族主义，同性恋恐惧症，家庭影响和媒体影响。另外四个主题与情境因素有关，即酒精、领土主义、学校环境和同伴压力。研究发现，种族主义和恐同的态度和信仰是显而易见的，并明确地促成了攻击性剧本，家庭和媒体信息也通过认可攻击性男性的刻板形象，使攻击性行为正常化。情境因素，如酒精使用、领土主义、学校环境和同伴压力，被参与者直接与嵌入在他们男子气概概念中的攻击性事件联系起来。
Problematic anger is often the outward manifestation and expression of deeper mental health issues in young men with strong links to depression, aggression, and suicide. Few studies have explored adolescent anger and aggression from the perspective of adolescent males and even fewer studies focus specifically on a rural context. This research aimed to understand the role of anger and aggression from the perspective of Australian rural adolescent males. Mental health nurses can build upon this knowledge to promote more adaptive ways of coping with anger therefore identifying specific interventions for the prevention of violence and promotion of mental health in this cohort. One hundred and eighty-seven rural adolescent males participated in focus groups that were conducted during their participation in the Rock and Water Program (RWP). Participants identified a number of factors they felt contributed to the aggression they both witnessed and experienced with eight themes emerging in response to the research questions. Four themes related to personological factors, that is racism, homophobia, family influences, and media influence. A further four themes related to situational factors, that is alcohol, territorialism, school context, and peer pressure. The study identified that racist and homophobic attitudes and beliefs were evident and clearly contributed to aggressive scripts as did family and media messages that normalized aggressive behaviour by way of endorsing stereotypical images of an aggressive masculinity. Situational factors such as alcohol use, territorialism, school context, and peer pressure were directly linked by participants to aggressive incidents embedded within their notions of masculinity.