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Adolescents Who Witness Community Violence: Can Parent Support and Prosocial Cognitions Protect Them from Committing Violence?
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Brookmeyer, Kathryn A.; Henrich, Christopher C.; Schwab-Stone, Mary – Child Development, 2005
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…
Descriptors: Parents, Females, Adolescents, Violence