Impact of exposure to community violence on violent behavior and emotional distress among urban adolescents
Impact of exposure to community violence on violent behavior and emotional distress among urban adolescents
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DOI：
10.1207/s15374424jccp2601_1
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发表时间：
1997-03-01
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Bruce, SE
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作者：
Farrell, AD;Bruce, SE
研究了在城市公立学校系统中436名六年级学生的主要非洲裔美国人样本中，目睹社区暴力对情绪困扰和暴力行为频率的影响。很高比例的学生，特别是男生，报告说目睹了各种暴力事件（例如，结构方程模型的比较显示，在接触暴力的影响和对暴力行为的衡量方面，存在一些显著的性别差异。接触暴力与女孩暴力行为频率的后续变化有关，但与男孩无关。无论是男孩还是女孩，遭受暴力与随后的情绪困扰变化无关。横断面结果复制了以前的研究，发现暴露于暴力和暴力行为的频率之间的关系，但没有变量与情绪困扰。
Examined the effects of witnessing community violence on emotional distress and frequency of violent behavior across three time points within a predominantly African American sample of 436 sixth-grade students in an urban public school system. A high percentage of students, particularly boys, reported witnessing a variety of violent incidents incidents (e.g., shootings, beatings, and stabbings), Comparison of structural equation models revealed a number of significant gender differences in the effects of exposure to violence and in the measurement of violent behavior. Exposure to violence was related to subsequent changes in the frequency of violent behavior among girls but nor among boys. Exposure to violence was not related to subsequent changes in emotional distress for either boys or girls. Cross-sectional results replicated previous studies that have found relations between exposure to violence and frequency of violent behavior; however neither variable was related to emotional distress.