Using Police Data to Measure Children's Exposure to Neighborhood Violence: A New Method for Evaluating Relations Between Exposure and Mental Health
Using Police Data to Measure Children's Exposure to Neighborhood Violence: A New Method for Evaluating Relations Between Exposure and Mental Health
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DOI：
10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00155
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Schappell, Ashley
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作者：
Boxer, Paul;Sloan-Power, Elizabeth;Schappell, Ashley
研究发现，儿童遭受暴力与其心理健康之间存在着强有力的关联。然而，大多数研究都是基于自我报告的暴露和自我报告的心理健康。在这项研究中，我们使用了一种新的基于地图的方法，通过警方数据来测量儿童对暴力犯罪的暴露，并将其与儿童自我报告和父母报告的暴露进行比较。结果表明，儿童自我报告的暴力暴露可能是无效的，除了暴露于谋杀，但警方和家长的暴力犯罪报告可以揭示有趣的暴力和心理健康之间的关系。在没有警察报告的谋杀和父母报告的抢劫的情况下，儿童表现出更高水平的内化问题。讨论强调测量以及理论建设的影响。
Studies have identified a robust association between children's exposure to violence and their mental health. Yet, most of this research has been based on self-reported exposure and self-reported mental health. In this study, we used a new, map-based method via police data for measuring children's exposure to violent crime and compared it to child self-reports and parent reports of exposure. Results suggest that child self-reports of violence exposure may not be valid except for exposure to murder, but police and parent reports of violent crime can reveal interesting relations between violence and mental health. Children showed higher levels of internalizing problems in the absence of police-reported murder and parent-reported robbery. Discussion emphasizes implications for measurement as well as theory building.