Violence Exposure, Aggressive Cognitions & Externalizing Behaviors among Colombian Youth: The Moderating Role of Community Belongingness

Autor/inn/en	Meléndez Guevara, Ana Maria; Gaias, Larissa M.; Fraser, Ashely M.; Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah
Titel	Violence Exposure, Aggressive Cognitions & Externalizing Behaviors among Colombian Youth: The Moderating Role of Community Belongingness
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 54 (2022) 6, S.1023-1050 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Meléndez Guevara, Ana Maria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X211015446
Schlagwörter	Violence; Aggression; Behavior Problems; Youth; Victims; Conflict; Schemata (Cognition); Correlation; Prediction; Risk; Resilience (Psychology); Community Role; Foreign Countries; Intervention; War; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Sense of Community; Health Behavior; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Victim; Opfer; Konflikt; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Korrelation; Vorhersage; Risiko; Ausland; Krieg; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Kolumbien
Abstract	Limited work has focused on understanding mechanisms through which violence negatively impacts youth outcomes. The present study investigates how three different facets of violence exposure (witnessing violence, victimization and armed conflict) relate to Colombian youth externalizing behaviors via the indirect influence of aggressive cognitions and the moderating role of community belongingness. Data were from a sample of students (N = 3,483) in public high schools in Colombia. Findings indicated all three facets of violence were positively associated with youth externalizing behaviors. Armed conflict and witnessing community violence positively predicted externalizing behaviors via the indirect effect of aggressive cognitions. Community belongingness moderated the association between armed conflict and witnessing on aggressive cognitions. Results highlight the need for understanding risk and protective factors from a contextual lens. The role of community belongingness as a resilience factor is discussed, as such it has implications for intervention programs targeting youth at greater risk to violence exposure. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01