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- Title
An Ecological Approach to Examining Cumulative Violence Exposure Among Urban, African American Adolescents.
- Authors
Kennedy, Angie
- Abstract
Using an ecological approach, this study examined experiences with community, family, and partner violence within a sample of 280 urban, African American high school students. The prevalence of each type of violence by gender, associations between severe violence exposure, and the rate of exposure to multiple types of violence were examined. Findings include high rates of exposure to each type of violence, with significant gender differences on several indicators of community violence and intimate partner violence victimization; among the female students, associations between each type of severe violence exposure; and a very high rate of exposure to two or more types of violence. Implications for social work practice are discussed.
- Subjects
VIOLENCE in the community; URBAN African Americans; DOMESTIC violence; INTIMATE partner violence; CRIME victim surveys; AFRICAN American high school students; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2008, Vol 25, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0738-0151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10560-007-0110-0