Community Violence Exposure, Threat Appraisal, and Adjustment in Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Kliewer, Wendy; Sullivan, Terri N.
Titel	Community Violence Exposure, Threat Appraisal, and Adjustment in Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37 (2008) 4, S.860-873 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Violence; Structural Equation Models; Caregivers; Validity; Factor Structure; Adolescents; Adjustment (to Environment); African Americans; Mothers; Longitudinal Studies; Environmental Influences; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Correlation; Test Construction; Test Validity; Coping; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Grade 8; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 9; At Risk Persons; Poverty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Gültigkeit; Faktorenstruktur; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Afroamerikaner; Mother; Mutter; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Bewältigung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Risikogruppe; Armut
Abstract	Validity data are presented for a new measure of threat appraisals in response to community violence. Adolescents (N = 358; 45% male; 91% African American, M = 12.10 years, SD = 1.63) and their maternal caregivers participated in two waves of a longitudinal interview study focused on the consequences of exposure to community violence. Structural equation modeling revealed that a six-factor correlated model best fit the data, indicating that the six subscales of the threat appraisal measure represent distinct but related constructs. The factor structure was invariant across age and gender. Exposure to violence was associated prospectively with caregiver- and adolescent-rated adjustment problems. Each of the six threat appraisals mediated links between exposure to violence at Wave 1 and adolescent-rated internalizing adjustment problems 1 year later. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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