Community Violence, School-Related Protective Factors, and Psychosocial Outcomes in Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	Ludwig, Kristy A.; Warren, Jared S.
Titel	Community Violence, School-Related Protective Factors, and Psychosocial Outcomes in Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 46 (2009) 10, S.1061-1073 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
Schlagwörter	Violence; Poverty; Screening Tests; Urban Youth; Urban Schools; Community Characteristics; Urban Environment; Social Psychology; Student School Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Predictor Variables; Social Support Groups; Identification; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Armut; Screening-Verfahren; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; School; Schools; Schule; Stadtökologie; Sozialpsychologie; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Prädiktor; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This study examined the relationship of two putative school-based protective factors--student identification with school and perceived teacher support--to psychosocial outcomes in a sample of urban youth exposed to community violence. Participants were 175 high school students ages 14-19 in grades 9-12 from a large urban school district. Results indicated that exposure to violence was positively associated with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Additionally, identification with school and teacher support were related to higher hope and lower psychosocial distress. Adolescents who reported higher identification with school and higher teacher support reported higher hope, regardless of the level of violence exposure. Results emphasize the importance of school factors, particularly feeling connected to and supported in school, in promoting hope and minimizing psychosocial distress for youth exposed to community violence. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10