Exposure to violence, depression, and hostility in a sample of inner city high school youth

This study examines the prevalence of violence in a non-randomly selected population of 337 inner city school students, the relationship between exposure to violence and symptoms of depression and hostility, and demographic differences in exposure to and effects of traumatic violence. Students respo...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 1999-02, Vol.22 (1), p.21-32
Main Author: Moses, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Biological and medical sciences
Central Cities
Comparison
Depression
Depression (Psychology)
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Environmental Influences
Exposure
Female
Females
Gender differences
High School Students
High Schools
Hostility
Humans
Inner city
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Mental depression
New York City
New York City, New York
Personality Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relationship
Risk Factors
School violence
Secondary school students
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Social Influence
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sociocultural environment
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Student Behavior
Students
Urban Education
Urban Population
USA
Violence
Violence - psychology
Youth Problems
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Summary:This study examines the prevalence of violence in a non-randomly selected population of 337 inner city school students, the relationship between exposure to violence and symptoms of depression and hostility, and demographic differences in exposure to and effects of traumatic violence. Students responded to an anonymous survey asking them to enumerate how many times they had experienced each of six types of traumatic violence. Sixty-two per cent of students were exposed to an average of 3.0541 of the six types of violence listed. Exposure to most types of violence were highly intercorrelated. Males experienced more exposure to violence than females. Exposure to violence was predictive of hostility for both gender groups, and predictive of depression for females. Implications of exposure to traumatic violence on adolescent development are discussed.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1006/jado.1998.0198