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The Association between Violence Exposure and Aggression and Anxiety: The Role of Peer Relationships in Adaptation for Middle School Students
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Goodearl, Anna Ward; Salzinger, Suzanne; Rosario, Margaret – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This study examined how peer relationships contribute to young adolescents' adaptation in the face of exposure to community and family violence. It tested hypotheses about peers' role in processes relating exposure to behavioral and psychological outcomes, specifically, aggression and anxiety. Data were collected from 667 middle school students,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Violence, Anxiety, Family Violence
Role of Parent and Peer Relationships and Individual Characteristics in Middle School Children's Behavioral Outcomes in the Face of Community Violence
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Salzinger, Suzanne; Feldman, Richard S.; Rosario, Margaret; Ng-Mak, Daisy S. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
This study examines processes linking inner-city community violence exposure to subsequent internalizing and externalizing problems. Hypothesized risk and protective factors from 3 ecological domains--children's parent and peer relationships and individual characteristics--were examined for mediating, moderating, or independent roles in predicting…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Parent Role, Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship
Aggressive Behavior in Response to Violence Exposure: Is It Adaptive for Middle-School Children?
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Salzinger, Suzanne; Rosario, Margaret; Feldman, Richard S.; Ng-Mak, Daisy S. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The role of aggression in adaptation to family and community violence was examined in a sample of 667 inner-city schoolchildren studied annually over three years in middle school. Regression analyses indicated that the association between Year 1 exposure to family and community violence and Year 2 aggression was mediated by aggression occurring…
Descriptors: Violence, Delinquency, Aggression, Depression (Psychology)
Exposure to Community Violence: Processes That Increase the Risk for Inner-City Middle School Children
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Salzinger, Suzanne; Ng-Mak, Daisy S.; Feldman, Richard S.; Kam, Chi-Ming; Rosario, Margaret – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2006
An ecologically framed model is presented describing processes accounting for early adolescents' exposure to community violence in high-risk neighborhoods as a function of risk factors in four ecological domains assessed in the prior year. The model was tested for hypothesized pathways along which the combined domains of risk might operate. The…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Behavior Problems, Middle School Students