Neighborhood Violence and Psychosocial Adjustment in Low-Income Urban African American Children: Physical Symptoms as a Marker of Child Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Deborah J.; Foster, Sarah; Forehand, Greg; O'Connell, Cara
Titel	Neighborhood Violence and Psychosocial Adjustment in Low-Income Urban African American Children: Physical Symptoms as a Marker of Child Adjustment
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14 (2005) 2, S.237-249 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-005-5051-7
Schlagwörter	Evidence; African American Children; Neighborhoods; Prevention; Violence; Correlation; Low Income; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Urban Areas; Behavior Problems; Emotional Adjustment; Social Adjustment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Gewalt; Korrelation; Niedriglohn; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Urban area; Stadtregion; Emotionale Anpassung; Soziale Anpassung
Abstract	We examined the association between neighborhood violence and three domains of psychosocial adjustment in low-income, urban African American children: internalizing, externalizing, and physical symptoms. Based on anecdotal and empirical evidence, it was hypothesized that, relative to internalizing and externalizing problems, a stronger association would emerge between physical symptoms and neighborhood violence. Mother-reported neighborhood violence was associated with child-reported physical symptoms, but not internalizing or externalizing symptoms. Child-reported neighborhood violence was associated with child-reported internalizing, externalizing, and physical symptoms; however, neighborhood violence accounted for a greater percentage of variance in physical symptoms than the other two symptom domains. Our findings were not moderated by the age or gender of the child. We discuss the importance of physical symptoms as a marker of child adjustment in low-income, urban, African American children, as well directions for future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10