Tags

Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

Intervening processes between youths' exposure to community violence and internalizing symptoms over time: the roles of social support and coping.
Am J Community Psychol. 2008 Mar; 41(1-2):43-62.AJ

Abstract

The roles of social support and coping as intervening processes between exposure to community violence and internalizing symptoms were examined longitudinally among a community sample of 667 middle school students in the inner city. After controlling for potential confounders (e.g., social desirability, victimization and witnessing of family violence, guardian's psychological symptomatology), internalizing symptoms at Year 2 were predicted by hypothesized changes over 1 year, such that increased community violence exposure, decreased guardian and peer support, and increased use of defensive and confrontational behavioral coping were related to more internalizing symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD, although some of these relations varied by gender. The relations between internalizing symptoms at Year 3 and increased changes in exposure to community violence over 2 years were moderated by social support and/or coping, such that decreased guardian support and increased use of defensive and confrontational coping were generally associated with more symptoms for boys exposed to community violence. Girls who witnessed increased community violence and who increased their use of defensive or confrontational coping experienced more internalizing symptoms. The findings underscore the importance of developmental and contextual considerations in the design and implementation of interventions.

Links

Publisher Full Text (DOI)

Authors+Show Affiliations

Rosario M
Psychology Department, The City University of New York-The City College and Graduate Center, Convent Avenue and 138th Street, New York, NY 10031, USA. mrosario@gc.cuny.edu
Salzinger S
No affiliation info available
Feldman RS
No affiliation info available
Ng-Mak DS
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Adaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAnxietyChildDepressionFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleNew York CitySocial SupportStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticViolence

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18165895

Citation

Rosario, Margaret, et al. "Intervening Processes Between Youths' Exposure to Community Violence and Internalizing Symptoms Over Time: the Roles of Social Support and Coping." American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 41, no. 1-2, 2008, pp. 43-62.
Rosario M, Salzinger S, Feldman RS, et al. Intervening processes between youths' exposure to community violence and internalizing symptoms over time: the roles of social support and coping. Am J Community Psychol. 2008;41(1-2):43-62.
Rosario, M., Salzinger, S., Feldman, R. S., & Ng-Mak, D. S. (2008). Intervening processes between youths' exposure to community violence and internalizing symptoms over time: the roles of social support and coping. American Journal of Community Psychology, 41(1-2), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-007-9147-7
Rosario M, et al. Intervening Processes Between Youths' Exposure to Community Violence and Internalizing Symptoms Over Time: the Roles of Social Support and Coping. Am J Community Psychol. 2008;41(1-2):43-62. PubMed PMID: 18165895.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR T1 - Intervening processes between youths' exposure to community violence and internalizing symptoms over time: the roles of social support and coping. AU - Rosario,Margaret, AU - Salzinger,Suzanne, AU - Feldman,Richard S, AU - Ng-Mak,Daisy S, PY - 2008/1/1/pubmed PY - 2008/7/2/medline PY - 2008/1/1/entrez SP - 43 EP - 62 JF - American journal of community psychology JO - Am J Community Psychol VL - 41 IS - 1-2 N2 - The roles of social support and coping as intervening processes between exposure to community violence and internalizing symptoms were examined longitudinally among a community sample of 667 middle school students in the inner city. After controlling for potential confounders (e.g., social desirability, victimization and witnessing of family violence, guardian's psychological symptomatology), internalizing symptoms at Year 2 were predicted by hypothesized changes over 1 year, such that increased community violence exposure, decreased guardian and peer support, and increased use of defensive and confrontational behavioral coping were related to more internalizing symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD, although some of these relations varied by gender. The relations between internalizing symptoms at Year 3 and increased changes in exposure to community violence over 2 years were moderated by social support and/or coping, such that decreased guardian support and increased use of defensive and confrontational coping were generally associated with more symptoms for boys exposed to community violence. Girls who witnessed increased community violence and who increased their use of defensive or confrontational coping experienced more internalizing symptoms. The findings underscore the importance of developmental and contextual considerations in the design and implementation of interventions. SN - 0091-0562 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18165895/Intervening_processes_between_youths'_exposure_to_community_violence_and_internalizing_symptoms_over_time:_the_roles_of_social_support_and_coping_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -