A Comparison of the Effects of Witnessing Community Violence and Direct Victimization among Children in Cape Town, South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Shields, Nancy; Nadasen, Kathy; Pierce, Lois
Titel	A Comparison of the Effects of Witnessing Community Violence and Direct Victimization among Children in Cape Town, South Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 7, S.1192-1208 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508322184
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; Neighborhoods; Municipalities; Violence; Foreign Countries; Environmental Influences; Victims of Crime; Children; Well Being; Context Effect; Stress Variables; Educational Environment; School Safety; Early Adolescents; Blacks; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Magistrat; Gewalt; Ausland; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Black person; Schwarzer; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This study is based on a sample of children from the Cape Town area in South Africa. The study compares the effects of witnessing school or neighborhood violence compared with being victimized in each context on psychological distress. The findings suggest that in the context of the school, victimization has a somewhat stronger effect on distress than witnessing violence. However, in the neighborhood, the opposite was the case. "Unknown locus of control" was also analyzed as a moderating variable. The findings are interpreted in the context of violence in South African society. The study also investigates the overlap between witnessing violence, victimization, and perpetration in the child's school and neighborhood. The vast majority of victims had been witnesses as well as perpetrators. Longitudinal research, which could track involvement in various forms of violence starting at a very early age, is needed to clearly assess the differential impact of each form of violence. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10