Urban Adolescent Mothers Exposed to Community, Family, and Partner Violence: Is Cumulative Violence Exposure a Barrier to School Performance and Participation?

Autor/inn/en	Kennedy, Angie C.; Bennett, Larry
Titel	Urban Adolescent Mothers Exposed to Community, Family, and Partner Violence: Is Cumulative Violence Exposure a Barrier to School Performance and Participation?
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (2006) 6, S.750-773 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260506287314
Schlagwörter	Urban Areas; Adolescents; Mothers; Early Parenthood; Family Violence; Community; Child Abuse; Incidence; Behavior Problems; Attendance; Academic Ability; Social Support Groups; School Attitudes; Homeless People; Risk; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Stadtregion; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mother; Mutter; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Vorkommen; Anwesenheit; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Risiko; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	Using a risk and resilience perspective, the authors assessed urban adolescent mothers' exposure to community, family, and partner violence and analyzed the relationships between cumulative violence exposure and multiple school outcomes, within the context of welfare reforms. Positive attitude toward school and social support were examined as moderators of violence exposure on school outcomes. The authors pilot tested the questionnaire with 10 participants, then surveyed 120 adolescent mothers regarding their violence exposure, school performance and participation, positive attitude toward school, and social support. Results indicate very high rates of lifetime exposure to violence; intercorrelations and regression analyses indicate that as violence exposure increases, school outcomes tend to worsen, with positive attitude toward school found to be a significant moderator of the effects of exposure to community violence on behavior problems in school. Implications for researchers, practitioners, school policies and programs, and welfare policies and programs conclude the article. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10