Citation

Slovak K, Singer MI. Child Adolesc. Soc. Work J. 2002; 19(1): 35-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

The present study addresses gaps in the youth violence literature by exploring the types and levels of children's violence exposure in a rural setting and examining psychological trauma associated with violence exposure. The study is a secondary data analysis using a rural sample (N = 549) from a larger study. The larger study employed a 45-minute questionnaire given to students in grades 3 through 8. The questionnaire was designed to assess children's present and past violence exposure as a victim and witness across the home, school, and neighborhood. In addition, this questionnaire assessed children's psychological trauma symptoms.
The authors' study found that children in the rural sample were exposed to high amounts of violence as both victims and witnesses within, and prior to, the past year. Violence exposure variables explained a significant amount of variance in total trauma symptoms after controlling for demographic variables. This finding is consistent with the literature examining the association of trauma and violence exposure. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2002. Copyright © 2002 by Springer)

Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Middle Childhood
Late Childhood
Early Adolescence
Junior High School Student
Elementary School Student
Exposure to Violence
Juvenile Victim
Juvenile Witness
Rural Youth
Rural School
Child Victim
Child Witness
Witnessing Community Violence
Witnessing Violence Effects
Witnessing Spouse Abuse
Witnessing School Violence
Children of Battered Women
Domestic Violence Effects
Domestic Violence Victim
Spouse Abuse Effects
Partner Violence
Violence Against Women
Child Abuse Effects
Child Abuse Victim
Child Physical Abuse Effects
Child Physical Abuse Victim
Ohio
Psychological Victimization Effects
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