Effects of Exposure to Community Violence on Internalizing Symptoms: Does Desensitization to Violence Occur in African American Youth?

Autor/inn/en	Gaylord-Harden, Noni K.; Cunningham, Jamila A.; Zelencik, Brett
Titel	Effects of Exposure to Community Violence on Internalizing Symptoms: Does Desensitization to Violence Occur in African American Youth?
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39 (2011) 5, S.711-719 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-011-9510-x
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Violence; Correlation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Models; Community Characteristics; Economically Disadvantaged + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Angst; Gewalt; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Analogiemodell
Abstract	The purpose of the current study was to examine the linear and curvilinear associations of exposure to community violence to internalizing symptoms in 251 African American adolescents (mean age = 12.86, SD = 1.28). Participants reported on exposure to community violence, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms. Regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses and, consistent with predictions, the results indicated that the association between violence and depression was curvilinear; whereas the association to anxiety was linear and positive. The results highlight the importance of considering more complex models of the impact of exposure to community violence on psychological functioning in African American youth from economically-disadvantaged communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10