Social support, negative life events and pupil misbehaviour among young Norwegian adolescents.

Relationships between negative life events, perceived social support and pupil misbehaviour were assessed in a national representative sample of 1057 Norwegian young adolescents aged 14 and 15. Negative life events were significantly associated with pupil misbehaviour among both male and female adolescents. Support from parents, friends and teachers was negatively associated with pupil misbehaviour. Copyright 2001 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.