No safe haven: a study of violence exposure in an urban community.
No safe haven: a study of violence exposure in an urban community.
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没有安全港:关于城市社区暴力暴露的研究。
DOI:
10.1097/00004583-199510000-00020
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
Weissberg,RP
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作者:
Schwab-Stone,ME;Ayers,TS;Kasprow,W;Voyce,C;Barone,C;Shriver,T;Weissberg,RP
OBJECTIVETo examine levels of violence exposure and reports of feeling unsafe in relation to psychological and behavioral characteristics for a general population sample of youths from an urban setting.METHODA comprehensive survey of high-risk behaviors, attitudes, indicators of adaptive behavior, and daily involvements was administered to a sample of 2,248 students in the 6th, 8th, and 10th grades in an urban public school system.RESULTSMore than 40% of the youths surveyed reported exposure to a shooting or stabbing in the past year, and 74% reported feeling unsafe in one or more common environmental contexts. Multiple regression analyses Indicated significant relationships between violence exposure/feeling unsafe and a set of indicators of psychological and behavioral adaptation and expressed attitudes.CONCLUSIONSThese results attest to the picture of violence as a common fact of inner-city life and to the demand that is placed on urban youths to accommodate in their psychological development to chronic threat and lack of safety.