scholarly journals Patterns of Community Violence Exposure among African American Adolescents Living in Low‐Resourced Urban Neighborhoods

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Whipple ◽  
Willie LaVome Robinson ◽  
Leonard A. Jason ◽  
Övgü Kaynak ◽  
Chelsea W. Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
Community Violence Exposure

Adolescents’ Internalizing Behaviors after Extreme Violence Exposure: A Comparison of Race and Gender for African American and Asian American Youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Yi Chen
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Internalizing Behaviors ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Asian American Adolescents ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
And Gender

This study compares African American and Asian American adolescents in their rates of extreme community violence exposure and consequent internalizing behaviors. Using information from a national longitudinal survey this study found substantial violence exposure rates for both groups. Also, gender differences in exposure rates and adolescent reports of internalizing behaviors after violence exposure were detected. Male African American adolescents had the highest exposure rate, while female Asian American adolescents reported the highest level of internalizing behaviors. These findings suggest further research is needed to better understand the effect of violence exposure on various ethnic minority adolescents. Moreover, social workers and other professionals involved in adolescent services could use these results to improve outreach methods to vulnerable adolescents.

The Longitudinal Relation Between Community Violence Exposure and Academic Engagement During Adolescence: Exploring Families’ Protective Role

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 3264-3285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Elsaesser ◽  
Deborah Gorman-Smith ◽  
David Henry ◽  
Michael Schoeny
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Minority Males ◽  
Reduce Risk

Few published studies have examined the interaction between community violence exposure, academic engagement, and parental involvement, despite theory suggesting that these three domains of development are interrelated during adolescence. This study had two related objectives: (a) to assess the temporal ordering of the relation between community violence exposure and academic engagement over the course of mid-adolescence and (b) to examine whether the pattern of these relations varies by level of parental involvement. The study sample included 273 ethnic minority males (33.4% Latino and 65.6% African American) and their caregivers living in impoverished urban neighborhoods. The present study drew on data collected through in-home surveys on violence exposure, school experiences, and family functioning at three time points during mid-adolescence. Cross-lagged model results suggest that at Time 1 ( M age = 13.5), community violence exposure predicted lower academic engagement at Time 2 ( M age = 14.8). Between Time 2 and Time 3 ( M age = 15.8), it was academic engagement that predicted lower community violence. Parental involvement moderated these relations such that academic engagement at Time 2 only reduced the risk of violence exposure at Time 3 in the presence of families with high levels of involvement relative to others in the sample. Findings suggest that practitioners might seek to promote positive school experiences as youth move into high school to reduce risk of violence exposure. Results also indicate the importance of designing interventions that target both positive family and school functioning.

Mitigating Negative Consequences Of Community Violence Exposure: Perspectives From African American Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1679-1686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Briana Woods-Jaeger ◽  
Jannette Berkley-Patton ◽  
Kaitlin N. Piper ◽  
Paige O’Connor ◽  
Tiffaney L. Renfro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Negative Consequences

Profiles of Community Violence Exposure Among African American Youth

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2077-2101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noni K. Gaylord-Harden ◽  
Daniel Dickson ◽  
Cynthia Pierre
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Community Violence Exposure

Violence exposure, posttraumatic stress, and affect variability among African American Youth: A time sampling approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Kyle Deane ◽  
Maryse Richards ◽  
Catherine DeCarlo Santiago
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Affective State ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Sampling Approach

Abstract The current study examines the immediate and short-term impact of daily exposure to community violence on same-day and next-day levels of posttraumatic stress symptomatology and various affective states (i.e., dysphoria, hostility, and anxiety), in a sample of 268 African American adolescents living in urban, low-income, high-violence neighborhoods (Mage = 11.65; 59% female). In addition, the moderating role of affective state variability on this relationship was examined. This study utilized experience sampling method and a daily sampling approach, which contributes a more robust investigation of the short-term effects of violence exposure in youth. Hierarchical linear modeling revealed that community violence exposure was positively associated with same-day and next-day symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Violence exposure also exhibited an immediate effect on dysphoria, anxiety, and hostility levels. Youth variability in dysphoria exacerbated the effect of violence exposure on concurrent or next-day posttraumatic stress, dysphoria, and hostility. Moreover, variability in anxiety and hostility exacerbated the experience of next-day hostility. The clinical implications relating to these findings, such as the importance of implementing screening for posttraumatic stress following exposure, the incorporation of preventative treatments among those at risk of exposure, and the targeting of emotion regulation in treatments with adolescents, are discussed.

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