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Articles: Exploring Adolescent Experiences With Exposure to Community Violence
Author(s) -
Schiavone Deborah Burdett
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2011.00272.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , focus group , feeling , learned helplessness , suicide prevention , poison control , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , environmental health , pathology , marketing , business
TOPIC: Exposure to violence negatively impacts the lives and health of adolescents. Twenty‐two adolescents participated in focus groups to discuss the issue of community violence. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore adolescents' experiences with exposure to community violence, their perceived needs, and recommendations for community interventions. SOURCES: Data from content analysis of transcriptions of focus group discussions described the adolescents' recommendations for solutions. CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicated that these adolescent participants sustain personal strengths despite feelings of helplessness related to high prevalence of exposures to community violence. Further research to investigate community interventions for adolescents exposed to community violence is needed. Implications and recommendations for nurses are discussed.