Are There Detrimental Effects of Witnessing School Violence in Early Adolescence?
Are There Detrimental Effects of Witnessing School Violence in Early Adolescence?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.04.011
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发表时间：
2008-12-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Bowen, Francois
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作者：
Janosz, Michel;Archambault, Isabelle;Bowen, Francois
目的：我们前瞻性地测试了在何种程度上目睹校园暴力预测心理社会和学校的调整学生，同时占他们以前的心理社会特征和同伴受害。我们还探讨了在解释这种关系的不安全感的作用。方法：从蒙特利尔地区（魁北克，加拿大）的5所高中的1104名学生（52%的男孩），在开始时进行问卷调查。初中和七年级末自我报告措施包括社会人口特征，受害，目睹暴力，不安全感。内化和外化行为问题，以及参与的措施。结果：目击校园暴力比实际受害对后续外化问题和学校适应有更好的预测作用。相反，相对于作为证人经历过暴力。实际受害情况更可靠地估计了后来的内化问题。不安全感部分解释了学校参与和逃学的发展。结论：我们的研究结果强调了学校暴力作为一个公共健康和安全问题的影响，在估计其影响时，考虑到见证的重要性，以及制定和实施旨在防止这种形式的社区暴力的战略时，采取全面的方法。(c)2008青少年医学会。All rights reserved.
Purpose: We prospectively tested the extent to which witnessing school violence predicts psychosocial and school adjustment in Students while accounting for their prior psychosocial characteristics and peer victimization. We also explored the role of feelings of insecurity in explaining this relationship.Methods: Questionnaires were administered to 1104 students (52% boys) from five high schools from the Montreal area (Quebec, Canada) at the beginning. middle, and end of seventh grade. Self report measures included sociodemographic characteristics, victimization, witnessing violence, feelings of insecurity. internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, and measures of engagement. achievement, and truancy as indicators of school adjustment.Results: Witnessing School violence was a comparatively better predictor of subsequent externalizing problems and school adjustment than actual victimization. Conversely, relative to having experienced violence as a witness. actual victimization more reliably estimated later internalizing problems. Feelings of insecurity partially explained the development of school engagement and truancy.Conclusions: Our findings underscore the implications of school violence as a public health and safety issue, the consideration of witnessing as important in estimating its impact, and a comprehensive approach when developing and implementing strategies that aim to prevent this form of community violence. (c) 2008 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.