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ERIC Number: EJ611868
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Effects of Exposure to Violence and Poverty on Young Children: The Southern African Context.
Akande, Adebowale
Early Child Development and Care, v163 p61-78 Aug 2000
Presents a model for the relationships between poverty and violence. Argues that exposure to violence may lead to more high-risk behaviors in adolescence and adulthood. Offers a psychoeducational framework for understanding the complex issues posed by damaging effects of violence and poverty on children. Recommends school-based prevention programs aimed at reducing anger/violence and poverty and supporting black families. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Anger, At Risk Persons, Black Youth, Child Development, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Models, Parent Child Relationship, Poverty, Stress Variables, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking; South Africa