Testing a social ecological model for relations between political violence and child adjustment in Northern Ireland.
Testing a social ecological model for relations between political violence and child adjustment in Northern Ireland.
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579410000143
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发表时间：
2010-05
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Cairns E
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作者：
Cummings EM;Merrilees CE;Schermerhorn AC;Goeke-Morey MC;Shirlow P;Cairns E
Relations between political violence and child adjustment are matters of international concern. Past research demonstrates the significance of community, family and child psychological processes in child adjustment, supporting study of inter-relations between multiple social ecological factors and child adjustment in contexts of political violence. Testing a social ecological model, 300 mothers and their children (M= 12.28 years, SD = 1.77) from Catholic and Protestant working class neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland completed measures of community discord, family relations, and children’s regulatory processes (i.e., emotional security) and outcomes. Historical political violence in neighborhoods based on objective records (i.e., politically motivated deaths) were related to family members’ reports of current sectarian and non-sectarian antisocial behavior. Interparental conflict and parental monitoring and children’s emotional security about both the community and family contributed to explanatory pathways for relations between sectarian antisocial behavior in communities and children’s adjustment problems. The discussion evaluates support for social ecological models for relations between political violence and child adjustment and its implications for understanding relations in other parts of the world.
