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Direct linkGorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B.; Tolan, Patrick H. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
Although research has found that urban youth are exposed to excessive levels of community violence, few studies have focused on the factors that alter the risk of exposure to violence or the processes through which youth who are exposed to community violence do better or worse. This study investigates the risk of exposure to community violence and…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Child Rearing, Neighborhoods, Parenting Styles
Peer reviewedTolan, Patrick H.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Tested a developmental-ecological model of violence using longitudinal data from poor, urban African American and Latino adolescent boys and caregivers. Found that community structural characteristics significantly predicted neighborhood social processes. Parenting practices partially mediated relationship between neighborhood social processes and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Black Youth, Hispanic American Students
