The effects of gender role stereotypes on the increase in violence from school age boys.

Abstract

This journal contribution is concerned with the examination of the thesis that gender role stereotypes are one of many relevant predictors for the increase in violence from male youth. It is also involved with the question whether it’s meaningful or necessary to do an empirical study on the topic “violence in schools” and gender role stereotypes as an important indicator for the increase in violence. To this we would like to add a few analysis results – a comparison of the prediction strength of class climate and that of gender role stereotypes – which will make it clear that gender role stereotypes are an important, but not a sufficiently adequate predictor for violence in schools.