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Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2015 Jan-Feb;15(1):103–110. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.06.020

Table 1.

Moderator’s Guide for Focus Groups of Adolescents Regarding Fighting

Domain	Question	Probes
Risk factors for fighting	Why do you or your friends get into fights?	What makes you (your friends) want to fight? What do you (your friends) think about people who fight? Do your friends, family, and other adults encourage you to or make you fight? Can TV, movies, or video games encourage or make a teen fight?
Factors protective against fighting	What keeps you or your friends from fighting?	Describe people who don’t fight. Why don’t they get into fights? How are teens who don’t fight different from teens who fight? What do you (your friends) think about teens who don’t fight? Who keeps you (your friends) from fighting? Do your parents (or anyone else) tell you not to fight?
Prevention strategies	How can we keep fights from happening?	How do you prevent yourself from fighting? How do other people prevent you (your friends) from fighting? What can parents or families do to help you (your friends) not fight? What can schools do? What can doctors do?