Patterns of community violence exposure among urban adolescents and their associations with adjustment.

ABSTRACT: Community violence exposure is prevalent among urban and marginalized adolescents. Although there is strong evidence that community violence exposure is associated with negative consequences, prior studies and theories suggest that these associations may differ as a function of specific characteristics of exposure. This study identified patterns of community violence exposure that differed in form (witnessing vs. victimization), familiarity with the victim, and severity, and in their associations with adolescents' frequency of physical aggression and anxiety symptoms. Participants were 681 eighth-grade adolescents (58% female, 95% African American). Latent class analysis identified five subgroups who reported distinct patterns of violence exposure: limited exposure; witnessed less severe v

SUBMITTER: Pittman SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9613812 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature