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Youth exposed to violence: the role of protective factors
Author(s) -
Howard Kimberly A.S.,
Budge Stephanie L.,
McKay Kevin M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20352
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , psychology , distress , peer support , clinical psychology , multilevel model , protective factor , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , geotechnical engineering , machine learning , computer science , engineering
Using a sample of 174 inner‐city urban high school students, this study examined the degree to which family and peer support would moderate the negative impact of exposure to violence on academic performance, symptoms of distress, and persistence intentions. Over 94% of the students reported having been exposed to at least one form of community violence at some point in their lives. Using hierarchical linear regression, the results indicated that family support provided a protective‐stabilizing moderating effect between exposure to violence and symptoms of distress. Peer support was found to have a protective‐stabilizing moderating effect between exposure to violence and persistence intentions. Although exposure to violence and persistence intentions were both related to grade point average, family and peer support were not found to moderate the impact of violence exposure and grades. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.