Exposure to Community Violence among Arab Youth in Israel: Rates and Characteristics

Autor/inn/en	Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Leshem, Becky; Guterman, Neil
Titel	Exposure to Community Violence among Arab Youth in Israel: Rates and Characteristics
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 39 (2011) 2, S.136-151 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20423
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Violence; Arabs; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Adolescents; Incidence; Questionnaires; Correlation; Educational Environment; Secondary School Students; Socioeconomic Status; Low Income Groups; At Risk Persons; Age Differences; Religion; Parents; Educational Attainment; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Gewalt; Arab; Araber; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Vorkommen; Fragebogen; Korrelation; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Sekundarschüler; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Risikogruppe; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Eltern; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	The research explored the rates and characteristics of exposure to community violence (CV) and its relevance to several sociodemographic factors among a sample of 833 Arab youth aged 14-18 years residing in diverse residential areas in Israel. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The frequency of exposure to CV during the past 12 months correlated significantly with the children's gender. The frequency of witnessing CV during that period was higher than the frequency of personally experiencing CV, and exposure to mild CV incidents during that period was higher than the frequency of exposure to severe CV incidents during the same period, with no significant relationship to sociodemographic factors. Participants reported higher rates of exposure to most CV incidents outside of the neighborhood; however, exposure to beating was higher inside the participants' neighborhood. Moreover, the highest overall rate of exposure to CV was at school. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10