Citation

Black BM, Peterson BL, Weisz AN, Kernsmith PD, Lewandowski LA, Hegde KK. Int. J. Adolesc. Youth 2009; 14(4): 313-331.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, A B Academic Publishers)

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Abstract

This article explores the perceptions of urban African-American and Iraqi refugee adolescents regarding community violence, school violence, family violence and dating/intimate partner violence. A subset of participants from a larger study on violence and trauma was selected to participate in the current study. Using a card-sort exercise, participants identified situations as violent or not violent. Iraqi youth identified noticeably more behaviors as violence than African-American youth. Few significant gender differences emerged. Findings of important cultural differences provide implications for violence prevention programming.