ERIC Number: EJ844301
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jul
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Bidirectional Influences of Violence Exposure and Adjustment in Early Adolescence: Externalizing Behaviors and School Connectedness
Mrug, Sylvie; Windle, Michael
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, v37 n5 p611-623 Jul 2009
This study utilized cross-lagged longitudinal models to examine prospective, bidirectional relationships between witnessing violence and victimization and three adjustment variables--delinquency, conduct problems, and school connectedness. Participants included 603 early adolescent boys and girls (78% African American, 20% Caucasian). Witnessing violence was related to subsequent lower levels of school connectedness and more conduct problems. For Caucasian but not African American adolescents, witnessing violence also predicted later delinquency. Victimization was linked with lower school connectedness over time, and for boys but not girls also with more conduct problems. Only adolescent delinquency was associated with subsequent witnessing violence and victimization.
Descriptors: Delinquency, Females, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Whites, Victims of Crime, Males, Models, Longitudinal Studies, Behavior Problems, Predictor Variables, Visual Stimuli, School Involvement, African Americans, Influences
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