Collective Efficacy and the Contingent Consequences of Exposure to Life-Threatening Violence

Autor/inn/en	Browning, Christopher R.; Gardner, Margo; Maimon, David; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Titel	Collective Efficacy and the Contingent Consequences of Exposure to Life-Threatening Violence
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 7, S.1878-1890 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0036767
Schlagwörter	Violence; Neighborhoods; Youth Problems; At Risk Persons; Community; Social Attitudes; Mental Health; Urban Areas; Gender Differences; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Longitudinal Studies; Family Influence; Multivariate Analysis; Illinois; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Risikogruppe; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Psychohygiene; Urban area; Stadtregion; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	Neighborhood research has increasingly emphasized the potential for contextual characteristics to moderate the effects of youths' experiences on their outcomes. Drawing on collective efficacy theory, we examine the variable consequences of youths' exposures to life-threatening violence across neighborhoods. We argue that strong community normative orientations supporting the control of violence diminish the negative effect of exposure to severe violence on subsequent mental health among urban youth. We also consider the extent to which the consequences of exposure to violence vary by gender. Employing data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, we estimate a series of multivariate, multilevel linear models of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Results indicate that, for girls, exposure to life-threatening violence (witnessing someone being attacked with a weapon or shot) increases both internalizing and externalizing symptoms. However, this effect achieves statistical significance only for girls who reside in neighborhoods with lower collective efficacy. For boys, our analyses offered weaker evidence of violence exposure effects on mental health. Implications for research on the social context of mental health are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01