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Patterns of Community Violence Exposure During Adolescence
Author(s) -
Lambert Sharon F.,
Nylund-Gibson Karen,
Copeland-Linder Nikeea,
Ialongo Nicholas S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-010-9344-7
Subject(s) - health psychology , psychological intervention , psychology , poison control , longitudinal study , suicide prevention , injury prevention , latent class model , public health , clinical psychology , demography , gerontology , environmental health , medicine , psychiatry , statistics , nursing , mathematics , pathology , sociology
This study examined cross‐sectional and longitudinal patterns of community violence exposure and malleable predictors of these exposure patterns among a community sample of 543 urban African American early adolescents (45.3% female; mean age: 11.76). In each of grades 6, 7, and 8, latent class analyses revealed two patterns of community violence exposure: high exposure and low exposure. For the majority of participants, experiences with community violence were similar at each grade. Impulsive behavior and depressive symptoms distinguished adolescents in the high and low exposure classes in grade 6. Implications for interventions to prevent community violence exposure are discussed.