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Effects of parental monitoring and exposure to community violence on antisocial behavior and anxiety/depression among adolescents. |
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Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(2), January 2011, pp.269-292. |
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0886-2605 |
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1552-6518 |
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This research investigated how exposure to community violence (a risk factor), parental monitoring (a protective factor), and their interactions influence antisocial behaviour and anxiety/depression in adolescence. It also looked at differences by gender. A total of 489 adolescents (290 males and 189 females) from 4 secondary schools in Naples were enrolled (mean age = 17.53). Self-reported measures were used to assess antisocial behaviour, symptoms of anxiety/depression, parental monitoring and exposure to community violence as a victim or as a witness. The initial analyses tested the independent contribution of gender, exposure to community violence and parental monitoring upon antisocial behaviour and symptoms of anxiety/depression. Further analyses then tested the moderating role of gender and parental monitoring on the negative effects of exposure to violence. Male gender, high level of exposure to community violence (both as a victim and a witness), and low level of parental monitoring predicted higher involvement in antisocial behaviour. Female gender, being a victim and low level of parental monitoring predicted symptoms of anxiety/depression. In addition, parental monitoring and gender played a moderating role, minimising or amplifying the negative effects of exposure to community violence. The results suggest that a similar pattern of risk and protective factors can give rise to multiple paths of adaptive or maladaptive development. |
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anti-social behaviour; anxiety; communities; crime victims; depression; gender; parenting; risk; violence; witnesses; young people; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=8e432727-1e32-4bbe-83de-d481b37f623a |
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