PROCESSES LINKING VIOLENCE EXPOSURE AND TEENAGE OUTCOME

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：本研究提供了一种模型 其中假设两个过程影响关系 青少年前的儿童接触社区暴力和他们的 青少年早期的结果--特别是他们是否成为受害者， 施暴者。一个过程处理影响 孩子们亲身经历的暴力事件。第二 过程处理影响金额结果的变量 孩子们亲身经历的暴力。从一个2,100第六池 住在高犯罪率城市社区的小学生，600名儿童--其中200名 被他们的同学评为好斗，200被嘲笑或挑选 200人合作，将持续三年。每年 调查人员将评估他们对社区暴力的暴露程度， 结果。在头两年，我们将评估修改因素 假设是为了防止不良结果。与儿童面谈 将提供有关遭受社区暴力的信息。采访 儿童和家长将提供有关修改因素的信息， 前一年（S）。结果将根据是否 儿童成为暴力行为的肇事者;他们是否成为 暴力行为的受害者;他们在多大程度上表现出内化 问题或痛苦症状。接触暴力的间接影响 通过参与和心理健康状况不佳的学术成就也将 被评价。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The study presents a model in which two processes are hypothesized to influence the relationships between pre-teenage children's exposure to community violence and their early adolescent outcomes--especially whether they become victims or perpetrators of violence. One process addresses variables influencing the amount of violence the children are personally exposed to. The second process addresses variables influencing the effects on outcome of the amount of violence the children personally experience. From a pool of 2,100 6th graders living in a high-crime urban neighborhood, 600 children--200 of whom are rated by their classmate peers as aggressive, 200 as teased or picked on, and 200 as cooperative--will be followed for three years. Each year the investigators will assess both their exposure to community violence and outcome. In the first two years, we will assess the modifying factors hypothesized to protect against poor outcome. Interviews with the children will provide information on exposure to community violence. Interviews with children and parents will provide information on the modifying factors in the preceding year(s). Outcome will be assessed in terms of whether the children become perpetrators of violent behavior; whether they become victims of violent behavior; the extent to which they display internalizing problems or distress symptoms. The indirect effect of exposure to violence on academic achievement through involvement and poor mental health will also be evaluated.