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- Title
Community violence, school-related protective factors, and psychosocial outcomes in urban youth.
- Authors
Ludwig, Kristy A.; Warren, Jared S.
- Abstract
This study examined the relationship of two putative school-based protective factors—student identification with school and perceived teacher support—to psychosocial outcomes in a sample of urban youth exposed to community violence. Participants were 175 high school students ages 14–19 in grades 9–12 from a large urban school district. Results indicated that exposure to violence was positively associated with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Additionally, identification with school and teacher support were related to higher hope and lower psychosocial distress. Adolescents who reported higher identification with school and higher teacher support reported higher hope, regardless of the level of violence exposure. Results emphasize the importance of school factors, particularly feeling connected to and supported in school, in promoting hope and minimizing psychosocial distress for youth exposed to community violence. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Subjects
YOUTH &; violence; COMMUNITY-school relationships; CITY children; URBAN schools; URBAN youth; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; VIOLENCE &; psychology; DISTRESS (Psychology) -- Risk factors; SOCIAL influence; INFLUENCE; NEIGHBORHOODS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Psychology in the Schools, 2009, Vol 46, Issue 10, p1061
- ISSN
0033-3085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pits.20444