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Community violence exposure and adolescents' academic functioning
<p>In previous research, community violence exposure has been found to be directly associated with poor academic functioning. Further, internalizing and externalizing problems have been identified as significant mediators of poor academic functioning in children who have witnessed or experienced …
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The mental health effects of community violence exposure on Jamaican youth
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Maternal Caregivers' Organization of and Reasoning Behind Coping Suggestions to Deal with Community Violence Exposure
Children and adolescents exposed to community violence can experience a plethora of negative outcomes including both internalizing symptoms and externalizing problems. Coping strategies can either buffer the effects of violence exposure or exacerbate negative outcomes following exposure. Given the …
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Community violence exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder : support and faith among children and adolescents in inner-city Jamaica
… framework for examining the relationship between Community Violence Exposure (CVE) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Jamaican inner-city children and adolescents. Social support and spirituality/religiosity were proposed as potential mediating factors. Based on the empirical and …
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The Role of a Family History of Alcohol or Drug Abuse on PTSD Outcomes Following Community Violence Exposure
… the damaging consequences of children's repeated exposure to community violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most commonly cited internalizing disorder associated with such exposure. However, not all children who are exposed to community violence develop PTSD symptoms; thus, it …
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The Effect of Coping on the Relationship Between Child Behavior Problems and Exposure to Community Violence in Low Risk School Children
Research has found that the prevalence of community violence exposure is relatively high among suburban and urban middle school-aged children. Exposure through witnessing and victimization has been related to antisocial behavior. Active coping has been related to fewer emotional and behavioral …
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Social Information Processing as a Mediator of Exposure to Community Violence and Reactive and Proactive Aggression
The relationship between exposure to violence and aggression has been examined by many researchers. It has been reported that physically abused children and children from violent communities have more aggressive behavior than non-abused peers or peers from non-violent communities (Dodge et al., …
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Coping Motives as a Mediator of the Relationship between Trauma Exposure and Substance Misuse in South African Adolescents
… adolescents experience high rates of trauma exposure in their homes and communities, which places them at a greater risk of developing substance misuse. Studies in high-income countries have shown that substance misuse in traumatised adults is driven by their ‘coping motives': maladaptive …
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An exploration of how identity capital is constructed in the narrative life stories of fathers in areas of disadvantage.
… contact with children from first relationships, community violence exposure and female-male intimate partner violence. Fathers were able to construct identity capital resources through the use of Inverse Protest Masculinity, a new term which celebrates the ability of fathers in this study to push …
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Aggression and Perceptions of Parenting among Urban Public Middle School Students
… problem in the United States and is linked to violence and violence-related injury. Understanding the relationship between parenting and early adolescent aggression provides important insights for developing prevention interventions. This study explored the relationship between parenting and …
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Parent-Adolescent Discrepancies in Ratings of Youth Victimization: Associations with Psychological Adjustment
… that parents report lower levels of youths’ exposure to violence than youth self-report, and theory suggests that such discrepancies reflect parents’ lack of knowledge of youth victimization and impaired ability to help children cope with victimization. This study extends prior research …
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Young adults' perceptions of community violence experienced during adolescence
… as a country has a long-standing history of violence since the apartheid years. Violence continues to wreak havoc in communities, affects people of all ages, and is especially prevalent in the poorer communities. Community violence typically includes murder, assault, car hijackings, …
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Reflecting the Past and Shaping the Future: A Study of Adolescent Schemas and Exposure to Community Violence
Exposure to community violence is a pervasive problem among urban youth and has been associated with both internalizing and externalizing disorders. The mechanisms through which exposure to community violence impacts adolescent adjustment are unclear. A change in adolescent schemas has been …