Community Mental Health Journal, 53(1), 2017, pp.39-52.
Publisher:
Springer
Research on the impact of exposure to community violence tends to define victimization as a single construct. This study differentiates between direct and indirect violence victimization in their association with mental health problems and mental health service use. This study includes 8947 individuals from four waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and examines (1) whether sub-types of adolescent victimization are linked to depressive symptoms; (2) whether adolescent victimization is linked with mental health service use; and (3) the role of mental health service use in attenuating symptoms arising from victimizations. Adolescents witnessing community violence were more likely to experience depressive symptoms during adolescence but not during their young adulthood; direct exposure to violence during adolescence does not predict depressive symptoms in adolescence but does in adulthood. Use of mental health service mediates report of depressive symptoms for adolescent witnessing community violence.
(Publisher abstract)
Research on the impact of exposure to community violence tends to define victimization as a single construct. This study differentiates between direct and indirect violence victimization in their association with mental health problems and mental health service use. This study includes 8947 individuals from four waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and examines (1) whether sub-types of adolescent victimization are linked to depressive symptoms; (2) whether adolescent victimization is linked with mental health service use; and (3) the role of mental health service use in attenuating symptoms arising from victimizations. Adolescents witnessing community violence were more likely to experience depressive symptoms during adolescence but not during their young adulthood; direct exposure to violence during adolescence does not predict depressive symptoms in adolescence but does in adulthood. Use of mental health service mediates report of depressive symptoms for adolescent witnessing community violence.
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Subject terms:
violence, young people, depression, service uptake, mental health services;
Social Work in Mental Health, 9(1-6), 2011, pp.397-416.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Caregiving for a family member with severe and persistent mental illness is associated with exhaustion, distress, depression and burden. Yet caregivers may also report personal rewards from the experience. The aim of this article is to examine the impact of a common set of risk and protective factors that contribute to functional and dysfunctional forms of emotional response among parent
Caregiving for a family member with severe and persistent mental illness is associated with exhaustion, distress, depression and burden. Yet caregivers may also report personal rewards from the experience. The aim of this article is to examine the impact of a common set of risk and protective factors that contribute to functional and dysfunctional forms of emotional response among parent and sibling caregivers. The study used data from the 1992-1993 Family Impact Study for a sample of 137 parent and sibling caregivers. Multiple regression analyses compared risk and protective factors for well-being, subjective burden, and depressive symptoms among the participants. The findings showed that siblings reported greater well-being than parents. Grief and family stress functioned as risk factors for decreased well-being, more depressive symptoms, and increased subjective burden. Pride for the relative contributed to depressive symptoms but protected against burden. Both informal social support and formal support from providers offered a buffer against depressive symptoms for all caregivers. Intervention strategies to promote resilience and address challenges for caregivers are discussed.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, parents, resilience, risk, siblings, stress, carers, depression;
Families in Society, 90(2), April 2009, pp.145-152.
Publisher:
The Alliance for Children and Families
This study compares African American and Asian American adolescents in their rates of extreme community violence exposure and consequent internalizing behaviours. Using information from a national longitudinal survey, this study found substantial violence exposure rates for both groups. Also, gender differences in exposure rates and adolescent reports of internalizing behaviours after violence exposure were detected. Male African American adolescents had the highest exposure rate, while female Asian American adolescents reported the highest level of internalizing behaviours. These findings suggest further research is needed to better understand the effect of violence exposure on various ethnic minority adolescents. Moreover, social workers and other professionals involved in adolescent services could use these results to improve outreach methods to vulnerable adolescents.
This study compares African American and Asian American adolescents in their rates of extreme community violence exposure and consequent internalizing behaviours. Using information from a national longitudinal survey, this study found substantial violence exposure rates for both groups. Also, gender differences in exposure rates and adolescent reports of internalizing behaviours after violence exposure were detected. Male African American adolescents had the highest exposure rate, while female Asian American adolescents reported the highest level of internalizing behaviours. These findings suggest further research is needed to better understand the effect of violence exposure on various ethnic minority adolescents. Moreover, social workers and other professionals involved in adolescent services could use these results to improve outreach methods to vulnerable adolescents.
Subject terms:
violence, young people, African people, Asian people, anxiety, black and minority ethnic people, depression, ethnicity, gender;