The Association Between Violence Exposure and Aggression and Anxiety: The Role of Peer Relationships in Adaptation for Middle School Students
The Association Between Violence Exposure and Aggression and Anxiety: The Role of Peer Relationships in Adaptation for Middle School Students
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DOI：
10.1177/0272431613489372
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Rosario, Margaret
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作者：
Goodearl, Anna Ward;Salzinger, Suzanne;Rosario, Margaret
这项研究探讨了同伴关系如何促进青少年在面临社区和家庭暴力时的适应。它测试了关于同伴在与行为和心理结果（特别是攻击性和焦虑）相关的过程中所扮演的角色的假设。数据收集自犯罪率高的城市学区的 667 名中学生（从六年级到八年级）以及他们的家长和同学。朋友的反社会行为调节了暴力暴露与后来的攻击行为之间的关系。对敌对归因的偏见促成了这种关系，但并不能单独解释这种关系。朋友的亲社会行为未能调节暴露与后来的攻击行为之间的关联。当暴露程度较低时，社会接受度会调节暴露程度与后来的焦虑之间的关系，但当暴露程度较高时，则不会。同伴亲密程度虽然对焦虑有直接的反向影响，但未能调节暴力暴露与焦虑之间的关联。
This study examined how peer relationships contribute to young adolescents' adaptation in the face of exposure to community and family violence. It tested hypotheses about peers' role in processes relating exposure to behavioral and psychological outcomes, specifically, aggression and anxiety. Data were collected from 667 middle school students, followed from sixth grade to eighth grade, in a high crime urban school district, and from their parents and classmates. Friends' antisocial behavior mediated the relationship between violence exposure and later aggressive behavior. A bias toward hostile attribution contributed to, but did not alone explain, the relationship. Friends' prosocial behavior failed to moderate the association between exposure and later aggressive behavior. Social acceptance moderated the relationship between exposure and later anxiety when exposure was low, but not when it was high. Peer intimacy/closeness, while demonstrating a direct, inverse effect on anxiety, failed to moderate the association between violence exposure and anxiety.