scholarly journals Mental health problems due to community violence exposure in a small urban setting

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-178
Author(s):  
Faraz Ahmad ◽  
Jim Medder ◽  
Jenenne Geske ◽  
Jannette Taylor ◽  
Ruth Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Community Violence Exposure

scholarly journals Does the Type of Exposure to Workplace Violence Matter to Nurses’ Mental Health?

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Farinaz Havaei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Cumulative Exposure ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Indirect Exposure ◽  
The Impact

Workplace violence is a prevalent phenomenon in healthcare, particularly among nursing professionals. Exposure to workplace violence may be direct through firsthand involvement, indirect through secondhand witnessing, or both. Even though implications for victims of workplace violence have been well-studied, less is known about the various types of exposure and their effects on nurse mental health. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of workplace-violence exposure types on the mental health of nurses, while accounting for the intensity of the incident/s. This study employs an exploratory correlational design with survey methods. Nurses from British Columbia (BC), Canada, were invited by the provincial nurses’ union to complete an electronic survey in Fall 2019. A total of 2958 responses from direct-care nurses in acute-care settings were analyzed using logistic regression. The results showed that mental-health problems increased with cumulative exposure; even though nurses with solely indirect exposure to workplace violence did not report greater mental-health problems, those experiencing solely direct exposure, or both direct and indirect exposure, were two to four times more likely to report high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and burnout compared to their counterparts with no exposure. There is an urgent need for better mental-health support, prevention policies and practices that take into account the type of workplace-violence exposure.

Effects of Community Violence Exposure and Parental Mental Health on the Internalizing Problems of Urban Adolescents

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon R. Self-Brown ◽  
Monique LeBlanc ◽  
Mary Lou Kelley ◽  
Rochelle Hanson ◽  
Karen Laslie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parental Mental Health ◽  
School Students

Previous research has documented an association between adolescent community violence exposure (CVE) and poor psychological functioning. The purpose of this study is to delineate the relations of CVE, parental mental health, and adolescent PTSD and depression. Participants consisted of 121 pairs of junior high and high school students and their parents. Adolescents completed measures to assess their history of violence exposure and current psychological functioning. Parents completed a demographic questionnaire and measures assessing their psychological functioning. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted, and results indicated that, after controlling for demographic variables and family violence exposure, parental mental health emerged as a moderating variable in the relation between CVE and adolescent-rated PTSD, but not in the association between adolescent CVE and depression. Clinical implications of this study and directions for future research are discussed.

Impacts of Family and Community Violence Exposure on Child Coping and Mental Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esror Tamim Mohammad ◽  
Ester R. Shapiro ◽  
Laurel D. Wainwright ◽  
Alice S. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Violence Exposure ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Child Coping
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