nd associates (2000) conducted a meta-analysis of over 66 studies of violence juveniles. They found multiple predictors of violence, one category of which was family structure. According to the authors, non-nuclear families in general are more likely to produce children who are violent than nuclear families. Said to be especially susceptible are: single parent families, and children of families of teenage parents.
The findings about single parent families are supported by a study conducted by Silver, Field, Sanders and Diego (2000) who interviewed samples of angry/violent (n=31) students and their non-angry/non-violent peers (n=58). Angry students were classified as those who answered affirmatively to the following statement, "Sometimes I get so angry that I worry I will become violent." Findings were said to show that students werd more likely to report themselves worried about being violent if they came from single parent homes.
Based on the foregoing, the first hypothesis of the study can be formulated as follows:
Hypothesis 1: Kids from single parent families are more likely to commit school violence than those kids from two parent families.
In terms of variables, the Independent variable for this hypothes
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