Emotional and behavioral impact of exposure to community violence in inner-city adolescents
Emotional and behavioral impact of exposure to community violence in inner-city adolescents
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DOI：
10.1207/s15374424jccp3002_7
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2001-06-01
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Walsh, J
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Cooley-Quille, M;Boyd, RC;Walsh, J
使用多种方法和措施（即，青年报告、精神病学访谈、心理生理学评估），以调查接触社区暴力对情绪和行为的影响。参与者是185名市中心的高中生（M年龄= 15.4岁; 42%的女性; 90%的非洲裔美国人）。高水平的社区暴力暴露的青少年报告更多的恐惧，焦虑，内化行为和消极的生活经历比那些低：暴露。在青少年观看媒体暴力蒙太奇的心理生理评估中，没有观察到抑郁或外化行为差异。暴露于高水平社区暴力的年轻人的基线心率低于那些暴露于低水平社区暴力的年轻人。有没有组间差异的生理反应回归分析显示，社区暴力暴露预测创伤后应激和分离焦虑症状。结果表明，社区暴力暴露和焦虑心理学之间的显着联系进行了讨论的临床意义。
Used multiple methods and measures (i.e., youth report, psychiatric interviews, psychophysiological assessment) to investigate the emotional and behavioral impacts of exposure to community violence. Participants were 185 inner-city high school students (M age = 15.4 years; 42% female; 90% African American). Youth with high levels of community violence exposure reported more fears, anxiety, internalizing behavior and negative life experiences than those with low: exposure. No depression or externalizing behavior differences were observed In a psychophysiological assessment in which adolescents watched a montage of media violence. youth exposed to high levels of community violence had lower baseline heart rates than those with low exposure. There were no between-group differences in physiologic reactivity Regression analyses revealed that community violence exposure predicted posttraumatic stress and separation anxiety symptoms. The results suggest a significant link between community violence exposure and anxiety symptomatology Clinical implications are discussed.