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Political Violence and Child Adjustment: Longitudinal Tests of Sectarian Antisocial Behavior, Family Conflict, and Insecurity as Explanatory Pathways
Author(s) -
Cummings Edward M.,
Merrilees Christine E.,
Schermerhorn Alice C.,
GoekeMorey Marcie C.,
Shirlow Peter,
Cairns Ed
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01720.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , politics , explanatory power , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , explanatory model , social psychology , injury prevention , political violence , child discipline , suicide prevention , criminology , occupational safety and health , longitudinal study , medical emergency , political science , medicine , statistics , mathematics , law , philosophy , epistemology
Understanding the impact of political violence on child maladjustment is a matter of international concern. Recent research has advanced a social ecological explanation for relations between political violence and child adjustment. However, conclusions are qualified by the lack of longitudinal tests. Toward examining pathways longitudinally, mothers and their adolescents ( M = 12.33, SD = 1.78, at Time 1) from 2‐parent families in Catholic and Protestant working class neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, completed measures assessing multiple levels of a social ecological model. Utilizing autoregressive controls, a 3‐wave longitudinal model test (T1, n = 299; T2, n = 248; T3, n = 197) supported a specific pathway linking sectarian community violence, family conflict, children’s insecurity about family relationships, and adjustment problems.