Future Orientation as a Protective Factor for African American Adolescents Exposed to Community Violence

Autor/inn/en	So, Suzanna; Gaylord-Harden, Noni K.; Voisin, Dexter R.; Scott, Darrick
Titel	Future Orientation as a Protective Factor for African American Adolescents Exposed to Community Violence
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 50 (2018) 6, S.734-757 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X15605108
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Adolescents; Violence; Gender Differences; Orientation; Futures (of Society); Coping; Aggression; Delinquency; High School Students; Urban Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gewalt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Orientierung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Bewältigung; Kriminalität; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt
Abstract	For African American youth disproportionately exposed to community violence and the associated risk of externalizing behaviors, developmental assets that reduce the risk for externalizing behaviors and enhance adaptive coping should be explored. In a sample of 572 African American adolescents (M[subscript age] = 15.85; SD = 1.42), the current study explored whether future orientation or gender buffered the impact of community violence exposure on externalizing behaviors. The current study also examined the interaction between future orientation, gender, and violence-specific coping strategies to determine their association with externalizing behaviors. Future orientation moderated the relationship between violence exposure and delinquent, but not aggressive, behaviors. Future orientation interacted differently with coping for males and females to predict externalizing behaviors. Research and clinical implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01