Adolescents Who Witness Community Violence: Can Parent Support and Prosocial Cognitions Protect Them From Committing Violence?

This longitudinal study investigated the effects of witnessing violence on committing violence among diverse urban middle school students (11-15 years old) over a 1-year period (N= 1,599). It examined parent support and prosocial cognitions as moderators that might interact with one another in buffe...

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Published in:Child development 2005-07, Vol.76 (4), p.917-929
Main Authors: Brookmeyer, Kathryn A., Henrich, Christopher C., Schwab-Stone, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Awareness
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Communal violence
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Developmental psychology
Domestic violence
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender
Gender differences
Humans
Imitative Behavior
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Motivation
Parent-child relations
Parental support
Parenting - ethnology
Parenting - psychology
Parents
Parents & parenting
Poverty
Prosocial behaviour
Protective factors
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Residence Characteristics
School violence
Secondary education
Sex Factors
Social Behavior
Social cognition
Social Facilitation
Social interaction
Social Perception
Social Support
Socialization
Student behaviour
Teenagers
Urban violence
Violence
Violence - ethnology
Violence - prevention & control
Violence - psychology
Youth
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Summary:This longitudinal study investigated the effects of witnessing violence on committing violence among diverse urban middle school students (11-15 years old) over a 1-year period (N= 1,599). It examined parent support and prosocial cognitions as moderators that might interact with one another in buffering adolescents from the effects of witnessing violence. The study also explored gender and ethnicity differences across these protective processes. According to the results, both average and high levels of parent support may offer male adolescents who witness violence protection against committing subsequent acts of violence. Adolescent females who witness violence appear to be uniquely protected from committing acts of violence if they have highly prosocial cognitions. Applications to resilience and competency models are discussed.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00886.x