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Normalization of Violence Among Inner-City Youth: A Formulation for Research

A causal model is formulated for the thesis that in inner-city youth exposed to high levels of violence, cognitions that normalize violence mitigate affective effects of exposure while increasing risk for violent behavior, thus perpetuating violence in the very process of adapting to it psychologica...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 2002-01, Vol.72 (1), p.92-101
Main Authors: Ng-Mak, Daisy S, Salzinger, Suzanne, Feldman, Richard, Stueve, Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A causal model is formulated for the thesis that in inner-city youth exposed to high levels of violence, cognitions that normalize violence mitigate affective effects of exposure while increasing risk for violent behavior, thus perpetuating violence in the very process of adapting to it psychologically. Gender differences in the cognitive normalization of violence may explain gender differences in affective and behavioral effects of exposure. Empirical studies are needed to directly test this model.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/0002-9432.72.1.92