The Role of Young Adolescents' Perception in Understanding the Severity of Exposure to Community Violence and PTSD

Autor/inn/en	Aisenberg, Eugene; Ayon, Cecilia; Orozco-Figueroa, Araceli
Titel	The Role of Young Adolescents' Perception in Understanding the Severity of Exposure to Community Violence and PTSD
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (2008) 11, S.1555-1578 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508314318
Schlagwörter	Low Income Groups; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Severity (of Disability); Violence; Aggression; Early Adolescents; Correlation; Neighborhoods; At Risk Persons; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Urban Areas; Middle School Students; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schweregrad; Gewalt; Korrelation; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Risikogruppe; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; Urban area; Stadtregion; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study seeks to (a) identify and measure the lifetime exposure to community violence of 137 African American and Latino middle school students from a low income neighborhood and apply numerical weights to each violent event; (b) examine the relationship between the objective severity of child self reported violence exposure and the child's subjective perception of the most bothersome event; and (c) examine the relationship between child's exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results highlight that students' designation of their most bothersome exposure to community violence did not correspond to the most severe violent event they experienced. Regression analyses reveal the weight of the most severe event explains a larger percentage of the variance in PTSD compared with the relationship to victim, level of exposure, weight of the most bothersome exposure, and cumulative weight of all exposure. This study underscores the importance of assessing a child's perception of violent events. (Contains 10 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10