ERIC Number: EJ959380
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Publication Date: 2012
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Political Violence and Child Adjustment: Longitudinal Tests of Sectarian Antisocial Behavior, Family Conflict, and Insecurity as Explanatory Pathways
Cummings, Edward M.; Merrilees, Christine E.; Schermerhorn, Alice C.; Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.; Shirlow, Peter; Cairns, Ed
Child Development, v83 n2 p461-468 Mar-Apr 2012
Understanding the impact of political violence on child maladjustment is a matter of international concern. Recent research has advanced a social ecological explanation for relations between political violence and child adjustment. However, conclusions are qualified by the lack of longitudinal tests. Toward examining pathways longitudinally, mothers and their adolescents (M = 12.33, SD = 1.78, at Time 1) from 2-parent families in Catholic and Protestant working class neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, completed measures assessing multiple levels of a social ecological model. Utilizing autoregressive controls, a 3-wave longitudinal model test (T1, n = 299; T2, n = 248; T3, n = 197) supported a specific pathway linking sectarian community violence, family conflict, children's insecurity about family relationships, and adjustment problems.
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Security (Psychology), Working Class, Antisocial Behavior, Conflict, Children, Adjustment (to Environment), Foreign Countries, Catholics, Protestants, Violence, Political Influences, Longitudinal Studies, Family Relationship, Mothers, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Control Groups, Correlation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
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