ERIC Number: EJ1302505
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2644-058X
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Is Sex Hormone the Driving Force of School Violence? The Neurobehavioral Evidence
Zhou, Longjun; Wang, Fuzhou
Science Insights Education Frontiers, v7 n1 p727-734 2020
The US Department of Justice released the final report on school violence and showed that middle school is the age when violence is high, accounting for more than 70% of all violence cases (Zweig et al., 2013). After having perpetrated, the probability that the perpetrator will commit violence again will increase significantly (Office of the Surgeon General, et al., 2001), In the later review of the perpetrators, almost 100% admitted that they were unable to control their violent behavior at that time and seemed to have an invisible impulse to urge them to commit violence, and even when they knew the harm of the violent behavior, they still committed violence without scruples (Willems et al., 2018). This indicates that among the 30% of middle school students prone to violence, the underlying age-related neuroendocrine changes are most likely to be the driving force leading to violence. In this commentary, the authors argue that school violence intervention based on neuroendocrine mechanisms may be more effective than other external factors (Rivara et al., 2016). It is of greater practical significance to use the interactive network formed between testosterone, cortisol, and dopamine at different brain center sites as the target of intervention.
Descriptors: Violence, Neurology, Behavior Problems, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Self Control, At Risk Persons, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Biochemistry, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, High School Students, College Students, Age Differences, Probability
Insights Publisher. The Bonoi Group, 725 West Main Street, Suite F, Jamestown, NC 27282. Tel: 336-734-3249; e-mail: eic_sief@bonoi.org; Web site: http://bonoi.org/index.php/sief
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A