scholarly journals Emotional insecurity about the community: A dynamic, within-person mediator of child adjustment in contexts of political violence

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Christine Merrilees ◽  
Laura K. Taylor ◽  
Marcie Goeke-Morey ◽  
Peter Shirlow
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Child Adjustment ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Emotional Insecurity ◽  
Process Oriented

AbstractOver 1 billion children worldwide are exposed to political violence and armed conflict. The current conclusions are qualified by limited longitudinal research testing sophisticated process-oriented explanatory models for child adjustment outcomes. In this study, consistent with a developmental psychopathology perspective emphasizing the value of process-oriented longitudinal study of child adjustment in developmental and social–ecological contexts, we tested emotional insecurity about the community as a dynamic, within-person mediating process for relations between sectarian community violence and child adjustment. Specifically, this study explored children's emotional insecurity at a person-oriented level of analysis assessed over 5 consecutive years, with child gender examined as a moderator of indirect effects between sectarian community violence and child adjustment. In the context of a five-wave longitudinal research design, participants included 928 mother–child dyads in Belfast (453 boys, 475 girls) drawn from socially deprived, ethnically homogenous areas that had experienced political violence. Youth ranged in age from 10 to 20 years and were 13.24 (SD= 1.83) years old on average at the initial time point. Greater insecurity about the community measured over multiple time points mediated relations between sectarian community violence and youth's total adjustment problems. The pathway from sectarian community violence to emotional insecurity about the community was moderated by child gender, with relations to emotional insecurity about the community stronger for girls than for boys. The results suggest that ameliorating children's insecurity about community in contexts of political violence is an important goal toward improving adolescents' well-being and adjustment. These results are discussed in terms of their translational research implications, consistent with a developmental psychopathology model for the interface between basic and intervention research.

scholarly journals Longitudinal relations between sectarian and nonsectarian community violence and child adjustment in Northern Ireland

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Christine E. Merrilees ◽  
Laura K. Taylor ◽  
Peter Shirlow ◽  
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Child Adjustment ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
The Many

AbstractAlthough relations between political violence and child adjustment are well documented, longitudinal research is needed to adequately address the many questions remaining about the contexts and developmental trajectories underlying the effects on children in areas of political violence. The study examined the relations between sectarian and nonsectarian community violence and adolescent adjustment problems over 4 consecutive years. Participants included 999 mother–child dyads (482 boys, 517 girls),Mages = 12.18 (SD= 1.82), 13.24 (SD= 1.83), 13.61 (SD= 1.99), and 14.66 (SD= 1.96) years, respectively, living in socially deprived neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a context of historical and ongoing political violence. In examining trajectories of adjustment problems, including youth experience with both sectarian and nonsectarian antisocial behaviors, sectarian antisocial behavior significantly predicted more adjustment problems across the 4 years of the study. Experiencing sectarian antisocial behavior was related to increased adolescent adjustment problems, and this relationship was accentuated in neighborhoods characterized by higher crime rates. The discussion considers the implications for further validating the distinction between sectarian and nonsectarian violence, including consideration of neighborhood crime levels, from the child's perspective in a setting of political violence.

scholarly journals Relations between political violence and child adjustment: A four-wave test of the role of emotional insecurity about community.

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2212-2224 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Laura K. Taylor ◽  
Christine E. Merrilees ◽  
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey ◽  
Peter Shirlow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Child Adjustment ◽  
Emotional Insecurity

scholarly journals A Social-Ecological, Process-Oriented Perspective on Political Violence and Child Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey ◽  
Christine E. Merrilees ◽  
Laura K. Taylor ◽  
Peter Shirlow
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Ecological Process ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Process Oriented

scholarly journals Longitudinal Pathways Between Political Violence and Child Adjustment: The Role of Emotional Security about the Community in Northern Ireland

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Christine E. Merrilees ◽  
Alice C. Schermerhorn ◽  
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey ◽  
Peter Shirlow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Child Adjustment ◽  
Emotional Security

Building a translational science on children and youth affected by political violence and armed conflict: A commentary

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann S. Masten
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Translational Science ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
International Crisis ◽  
Contemporary Development

AbstractArticles in this timely Special Section represent an important milestone in the developmental science on children and youth involved in political violence and armed conflict. With millions of children worldwide affected by past and present wars and conflicts, there is an urgent and growing need for research to inform efforts to understand, prevent, and mitigate the possible harm of such violence to individual children, families, communities, and societies, for present as well as future generations. The four programs of research highlighted in this Special Section illustrate key advances and challenges in contemporary development research on young people growing up in the midst or aftermath of political violence. These studies are longitudinal, methodologically sophisticated, and grounded in socioecological systems models that align well with current models of risk and resilience in developmental psychopathology. These studies collectively mark a critically important shift to process-focused research that holds great promise for translational applications. Nonetheless, given the scope of the international crisis of children and youth affected by political violence and its sequelae, there is an urgent global need for greater mobilization of resources to support translational science and effective evidence-based action.

scholarly journals Political violence and child adjustment in Northern Ireland: Testing pathways in a social–ecological model including single-and two-parent families.

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mark Cummings ◽  
Alice C. Schermerhorn ◽  
Christine E. Merrilees ◽  
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey ◽  
Peter Shirlow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Child Adjustment ◽  
Social Ecological Model ◽  
Social Ecological

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND REGIME CHANGES IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-821
Author(s):  
Nurus Shalihin ◽  
Firdaus ◽  
Muhammad Sholihin ◽  
Andri Ashadi
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
New Order ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Election Process ◽  
The Social

Purpose of the study: This paper aims to explain social violence during the transition of three regimes in Indonesia, from the Old Order to the New Order and from the New Order to the Reformation. This paper also analyzes the motives behind the violence at each transition of the regimes. Methodology: The research was conducted through a literature study by examining media documents, magazines, research reports, scientific articles, and books on various social violence practices in every three regimes in Indonesia. Main Findings: The result of the study found that the social violence in Indonesia has occurred in various forms and motives. Five types of social violence have been identified, communal violence, separatist violence, state-community violence, industrial relations violence, and political violence. The social violence has used as a tool to silence the past and carry out political propaganda by elites and to gain the power by opposition. Thus, it argues that all social violence practices are constructed by various interests of the regimes and anti-regimes. Applications of this study: This study provides a mapping of violence in every political and regime transition in Indonesia. Thus, this study can be applied for two important issues. First, this study can be used as reference in anticipating political violence in the national and regional election process in Indonesia in particular, and other countries in general. Second, for developing countries, this study can be used as reference as reference in mapping and analyzing various social violence practices that accompany the transition process. Novelty/Originality of this study: The recent studies of violence in Indonesia covered the issues of religious, ethnic, economic and political violence. There are limited studies violence and democracy transition in Indonesia and it’s relation to political regimes. This article focuses on violence and its relationship with the political regimes and regime’s changes in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Resilience in children: the nature and the importance of the concept

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emory L. Cowen ◽  
Peter A. Wyman
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Wellness Enhancement ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Child Resilience

Considers the meaning of the term childhood resilience and the importance ofits place in the fields of developmental psychopathology and wellness enhancement. Reviews several major longitudinal research projects on childhood resilience that have contributed significantly to the field's emergence and presents more detailed information on the Rochester Child Resilience Project (RCRP). A final section summarizes accomplishments in resilience research to date, and identifies needed foci for future work in this area.

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