Patterns of community violence exposure among urban adolescents and their associations with adjustment.
Community violence exposure is prevalent among urban and marginalized adolescents. Although there is strong evidence that community violence exposure is associated with negative consequences, prior studies and theories suggest that these associations may differ as a function of specific characterist...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 70; no. 3/4; pp. 265 - 278 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=160590291&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 160590291 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00910562 CMP jtl: American Journal of Community Psychology issn: 00910562 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2022 vid: 70 iid: 3/4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 160590291 10.1002/ajcp.12598 ppf: 265 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 1.7MB tig: atl: Patterns of community violence exposure among urban adolescents and their associations with adjustment. aug: au: Pittman, Sarah K. Farrell, Albert D. affil: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia, , USA su: Violence in the community Anxiety Aggression (Psychology) Urban teenagers Victims of violent crimes Latent class analysis (Statistics) sug: subj: Violence in the community Anxiety Aggression (Psychology) Urban teenagers Victims of violent crimes Latent class analysis (Statistics) keyword: anxiety symptoms Black/African American adolescents community violence exposure latent class analysis physical aggression urban adolescents anxiety symptoms Black/African American adolescents community violence exposure latent class analysis physical aggression urban adolescents ab: Community violence exposure is prevalent among urban and marginalized adolescents. Although there is strong evidence that community violence exposure is associated with negative consequences, prior studies and theories suggest that these associations may differ as a function of specific characteristics of exposure. This study identified patterns of community violence exposure that differed in form (witnessing vs. victimization), familiarity with the victim, and severity, and in their associations with adolescents' frequency of physical aggression and anxiety symptoms. Participants were 681 eighth‐grade adolescents (58% female, 95% African American). Latent class analysis identified five subgroups who reported distinct patterns of violence exposure: limited exposure; witnessed less severe violence, not victimized; witnessed severe violence, not victimized; witnessed less severe violence, some victimization; and high violence exposure. The witnessed less severe, some victimization, and high violence exposure subgroups reported the highest frequency of physical aggression and levels of anxiety compared with all other subgroups. The limited exposure subgroup reported the lowest frequencies of physical aggression. The findings suggest that the form of exposure (witnessing or victimization) is an important distinction in examining associations with adolescent adjustment. Limited support was found for differences related to familiarity with the victim and severity of violence. Highlights: Nearly all adolescents reported community violence exposure, and their experiences varied widely.One subgroup had limited exposure, two only witnessed violence, and two experienced victimizations.The two victimized subgroups reported the highest levels of physical aggression and anxiety.Two subgroups who only witnessed violence had the second‐highest levels of physical aggression.Interventions could be tailored to youths' experiences to prevent consequences of exposure. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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