Citation

Bowen NK, Bowen GL. J. Adolesc. Res. 1999; 14(3): 319-342.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Drawing from a national probability sample of middle and high school students who recently completed The National School Success Profile (SSP), this article focuses on students' reports of their exposure to neighborhood and school danger, and the effects of exposure on their attendance, school behavior, and grades. Males, African Americans, high school students, school lunch recipients, and urban students tended to report higher exposure to environmental danger. Measures of neighborhood and school danger both contributed significantly to the prediction of each school outcome, especially attendance and behavior. Measures of neighborhood danger were slightly more predictive of outcomes than measures of school danger. The findings contribute to the identification of adolescents most likely to live in a context of fear and danger, and provide support for an ecological approach to promoting students' school success. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by SAGE Publications)

Exposure to Violence
Community Violence Effects
School Violence Effects
Witnessing Violence Effects
Witnessing Community Violence
Witnessing School Violence
Juvenile Witness
Early Adolescence
Late Adolescence
School Achievement
Junior High School Student
Senior High School Student
School Attendance
Neighborhood Environment
School Environment
Classroom Behavior
School Performance
School Achievement
School Climate
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