Coping with exposure to violence: Relations to emotional symptoms and aggression in three Urban samples

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 881-893

  Boxer, Paul ^a   Morris, Amanda Sheffield ^b   Terranova, Andrew M ^a   Kithakye, Mumbe ^b   Savoy, Sarah C ^a   McFaul, Adrienne F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Beliefs; Coping; Emotional symptoms; Exposure to violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149089460     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-008-9196-z     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. P. M. Bentler C. Chou 1987 Practical issues in structural equation modeling Sociological Methods & Research 16 78 117
2. P. Boxer L. Edwards-Leeper S. E. Goldstein D. Musher-Eizenman E. F. Dubow 2003 Exposure to "low-level" aggression in school: Associations with aggressive behavior, future expectations, and perceived safety Violence and Victims 18 691 704
3. P. Boxer M. S. Tisak 2003 Adolescent attributions about aggression: An initial investigation Journal of Adolescence 26 559 573
4. R. Brandt C. L. Ward A. Dawes A. J. Flisher 2005 Epidemiological measurement of children's and adolescents' exposure to community violence: Working with the state of the science Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 8 327 342
5. S. L. Buka T. L. Stichik I. Birdthistle F. J. Earls 2001 Youth exposure to violence: Prevalence, risks, and consequences American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71 298 310
6. Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2004). Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1973-2003. Downloaded from http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ cvict.htm.
7. Byrne, B. M. (2001). Structural equation modeling with AMOS: Basic concepts, applications, and programming. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
8. D. L. Causey E. F. Dubow 1992 Development of a self-report coping measure for elementary school children Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 21 47 59
9. M. R. Cooley-Quille S. M. Turner D. C. Beidel 1995 Emotional impact of children's exposure to community violence: A preliminary study Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34 1362 1368
10. M. Dempsey 2002 Negative coping as mediator in the relation between violence and outcomes: Inner-city African American youth American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 72 102 109
11. A. D. Farrell S. E. Bruce 1997 Impact of exposure to community violence on violent behavior and emotional distress among urban adolescents Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 26 2 14
12. K. M. Fitzpatrick 1993 Exposure to violence and presence of depression among low-income, African-American youth Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 61 528 531
13. S. Folkman 1984 Personal control and stress and coping processes: A theoretical analysis Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 46 839 852
14. S. Folkman R. S. Lazarus 1980 An analysis of coping in a middle-aged community sample Journal of Health and Social Behavior 21 219 239
15. P. Frick A. S. Morris 2004 Temperament and developmental pathways to severe conduct problems Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 33 54 68
16. R. Goodman 2001 Psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 40 1337 1345
17. N. G. Guerra L. R. Huesmann A. Spindler 2003 Community violence exposure, social cognition, and aggression among urban elementary school children Child Development 74 1561 1576
18. Horn, J. L., & Trickett, P. K. (1997). Community violence and child development: A review of research. In P. K. Trickett & C. J. Schellenbach (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the community (pp. 103-138). New York: Free Press.
19. R. L. Huesmann N. Guerra 1997 Children's normative beliefs about aggression and aggressive behavior Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 72 408 419
20. W. Kliewer S. J. Lepore D. Oskin P. D. Johnson 1998 The role of social and cognitive processes in children's adjustment to community violence Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 66 199 209
21. W. Kliewer K. A. Parrish K. W. Taylor K. Jackson J. M. Walker V. A. Shivy 2006 Socialization of coping with community violence: Influences of caregiver coaching, modeling, and family context Child Development 77 605 623
22. T. L. Kuther S. A. Wallace 2003 Community violence and sociomoral development: An African American cultural perspective American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 73 177 189
23. Z. A. Marini A. V. Dane S. L. Bosacki YLC-CURA 2006 Direct and indirect bully-victims: Differential psychosocial risk factors associated with adolescents involved in bullying and victimization Aggressive Behavior 32 551 569
24. D. R. Musher-Eizenman P. Boxer S. Danner E. F. Dubow S. E. Goldstein D. M. L. Heretick 2004 Social-cognitive mediators of the relation of environmental and emotion regulation factors to children's aggression Aggressive Behavior 30 389 408
25. D. S. Ng-Mak S. Salzinger R. S. Feldman A. C. Stueve 2002 Normalization of violence among inner-city youth: A formulation of research American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 72 92 101
26. D. S. Ng-Mak S. Salzinger R. S. Feldman A. C. Stueve 2004 Pathologic adaptation to community violence among inner-city youth American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 74 196 208
27. J. E. Richters P. Martinez 1993 The NIMH community violence project I: Children as victims and witnesses to violence Psychiatry 56 7 21
28. M. Rosario S. Salzinger R. S. Feldman D. S. Ng-Mak 2003 Community violence exposure and delinquent behaviors among youth: The moderating role of coping Journal of Community Psychology 31 489 512
29. A. Scarpa S. C. Haden 2006 Community violence victimization and aggressive behavior: The moderating effects of coping and social support Aggressive Behavior 32 502 515
30. M. E. Schwab-Stone T. S. Ayers W. Kasprow C. Voyce C. Barone T. Shriver R. P. Weissberg 1995 No safe haven: A study of violence exposure in an urban community Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34 1343 1352
31. D. Schwartz L. J. Proctor 2000 Community violence exposure and children's social adjustment in the school peer group: The mediating roles of emotion regulation and social cognition Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 68 670 683
32. SPSS. (2007). AMOS version 7. Chicago: SPSS, Inc.
33. B. D. Stein L. H. Jaycox S. Kataoka H. J. Rhodes K. D. Vestal 2003 Prevalence of child and adolescent exposure to community violence Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 6 247 264
34. P. H. Tolan D. Gorman-Smith D. Henry K. Chung M. Hunt 2002 The relation of patterns of coping of inner-city youth to psychopathology symptoms Journal of Research on Adolescence 12 423 449