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Is It the Same Everywhere?

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:592-594.

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The article by Smith-Khuri et al¹ in this issue of the ARCHIVES raises an important and intriguing question: is the development and magnitude of adolescent violence the same everywhere in the world? If it is, then perhaps standard approaches to prevention can be applied that address violence as a universal function of the developmental process. If not, then prevention programs may have to be tailored to the specific etiological and cultural context in which such violence occurs.

Answering questions such as these requires cross-national research. The authors of this study are to be commended for expanding our insights into adolescent violence by examining it across 5 different countries. The limited availability of cross-national research on violence, however, has made it difficult to generalize findings beyond the United States and a few other highly developed countries where the bulk of research has been conducted.² Moreover, the intranational research that has been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

James A. Mercy, PhD; Linda L. Dahlberg, PhD
Atlanta, Ga

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