Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ438618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Heavy Metal Music and Reckless Behavior among Adolescents.
Arnett, Jeffrey
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v20 n6 p573-92 Dec 1991
Fifty-four male and 30 female adolescents who like heavy metal music were compared on various outcome variables to 56 male and 105 female peers who do not like it. Those who like heavy metal report a wider range of reckless behavior than those who do not like it. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency Causes, Drug Use, Family Relationship, Females, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools, Males, Peer Relationship, Problem Children, Regression (Statistics), Rock Music, Self Esteem, Sex Differences, Sexuality, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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