TY - JOUR
T1 - Risky and Protective Contexts and Exposure to Violence in Urban African American Young Adolescents
AU - Richards, Maryse H.
AU - Larson, Reed
AU - Miller, Bobbi Viegas
AU - Luo, Zupei
AU - Sims, Belinda
AU - Parrella, David P.
AU - McCauley, Cathy
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health Grant R01 MH 53486 awarded to Maryse Richards. Portions of this article were presented as “Risky and Protective Contexts and Exposure to Violence in Urban African American Adolescents” by Bobbi V. Miller, Maryse H. Richards, Cathy McCauley, and David Parrella at the American Psychological Association Convention in Boston, August 20, 1999.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Contexts of risk for and protection from exposure to violence were identified and the relation of exposure to violence to delinquent behaviors and symptoms of trauma was examined. Using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), the immediate daily experience of risky and protective contexts was examined. One hundred sixty-seven African American 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade children from urban neighborhoods carried watches and booklets for 1 week. Structural equation modeling supported the hypotheses that more time in risky contexts and less time in protective contexts was related to more exposure to violence. Exposure to violence partially mediated the relation of time in protective and risky contexts to delinquent behaviors, assessed with the Juvenile Delinquency Scale and the Child Behavior Checklist, and distress levels, assessed by a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score.
AB - Contexts of risk for and protection from exposure to violence were identified and the relation of exposure to violence to delinquent behaviors and symptoms of trauma was examined. Using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), the immediate daily experience of risky and protective contexts was examined. One hundred sixty-seven African American 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade children from urban neighborhoods carried watches and booklets for 1 week. Structural equation modeling supported the hypotheses that more time in risky contexts and less time in protective contexts was related to more exposure to violence. Exposure to violence partially mediated the relation of time in protective and risky contexts to delinquent behaviors, assessed with the Juvenile Delinquency Scale and the Child Behavior Checklist, and distress levels, assessed by a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1542613110&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=1542613110&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3301_13
DO - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3301_13
M3 - Article
C2 - 15028548
AN - SCOPUS:1542613110
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 33
SP - 138
EP - 148
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 1
ER -