Community violence exposure and aggression among urban adolescents: testing a cognitive mediator model

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 895-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. McMahon ◽  
Erika D. Felix ◽  
Jane A. Halpert ◽  
Lara A. N. Petropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Community Violence Exposure

Reciprocal Relationships Between Exposure to Community Violence and Sleep Problems Across Adolescence

2020 ◽  
pp. 027243162097766
Author(s):  
Sylvie Mrug ◽  
Catheryn A. Orihuela ◽  
Alex Veerasammy
Keyword(s):  
Community Violence ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Latent Trajectory ◽  
Exposure To Community Violence ◽  
Over Time

Urban adolescents experience high rates of exposure to community violence, which is associated with sleep problems. However, less is known about the prospective relationships between community violence exposure and sleep problems across adolescence. This study investigated reciprocal relationships between community violence exposure and sleep problems across early, middle, and late adolescence. Participants included 84 urban adolescents (50% females, 95% African Americans) who reported on their community violence exposure and sleep problems at mean ages 13, 16, and 17. Results from an autoregressive latent trajectory model with structured residuals showed that exposure to community violence at age 13 predicted more sleep problems at age 16, but violence exposure at age 16 did not predict sleep problems at age 17. Sleep problems did not predict community violence exposure over time. These results point to early adolescence as a vulnerable period for the development of sleep problems in youth exposed to community violence.

Moderating Effects of Coping Style on Externalizing Behaviors and Substance Use in Urban Adolescents Exposed to Community Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Bria Gresham
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Avoidant Coping ◽  
Community Violence Exposure

Community violence exposure is associated with externalizing problems in adolescents, yet little research has examined the moderating role of coping in these relationships. Eighty-four low-income, urban adolescents (Mage = 13.36, 50%male, 95%African American) participated in two waves of a longitudinal study a year and a half apart. Youth reported their community violence exposure and coping styles at Wave 1, and their delinquent behavior, physical aggression, and substance use at Waves 1 and 2. Conduct problems were assessed by parent-report at Waves 1 and 2. Results showed that avoidant coping predicted less delinquency, aggression, substance use, and conduct problems over time. Further, avoidant coping attenuated the effect of community violence on delinquency. Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping did not moderate community violence exposure effects. Findings suggest that among low-income, minority urban youth, avoidant coping may protect against the development of externalizing problems in the context of community violence exposure.

Early Predictors of Urban Adolescents’ Community Violence Exposure

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon F. Lambert ◽  
Amie F. Bettencourt ◽  
Catherine P. Bradshaw ◽  
Nicholas S. Ialongo
Keyword(s):  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Early Predictors

scholarly journals Community violence exposure correlates with smaller gray matter volume and lower IQ in urban adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 2088-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oisin Butler ◽  
Xiao-Fei Yang ◽  
Corinna Laube ◽  
Simone Kühn ◽  
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Keyword(s):  
Community Violence ◽  
Gray Matter ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Gray Matter Volume ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Matter Volume
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