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Effects of violence exposure and daily stressors on psychological outcomes in urban adolescents
Author(s) -
SelfBrown Shan,
LeBlanc Monique,
Kelley Mary Lou
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1007/s10960-004-5801-0
Subject(s) - stressor , psychology , clinical psychology , injury prevention , poison control , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medicine , medical emergency , pathology
Abstract Relations between adolescent violence exposure, daily stress, and psychological outcome were examined. Parent/adolescent dyads ( N = 80) completed questionnaires, which included parent ratings of adolescent externalizing and internalizing problems and adolescent self‐ratings of emotional adjustment. Severity of daily stress moderated the relation between levels of violence exposure and extent of adolescent externalizing and internalizing problems. The relation was significant at higher levels of daily stress, but nonsignificant at lower levels of stress. In contrast, daily stress did not emerge as a moderator in the relation between violence exposure and adolescent emotional adjustment. Results suggest that adolescents experiencing high levels of violence exposure and daily stress should be considered at great risk for poor psychological outcome.