The Influence of Exposure to Violence on Adolescents’ Physical Aggression: The Protective Influence of Peers
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Help
Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Help
Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

The Influence of Exposure to Violence on Adolescents’ Physical Aggression: The Protective Influence of Peers

Filetype[PDF-1.15 MB]


  • English
    • Details Supporting Files You May Also Like

    Details:

    • Alternative Title:
      J Adolesc
    • Publisher's site:
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.06.003
    • Personal Author:
    • Description:
      Introduction:

      This study examined the degree to which peers can serve as a protective factor to mitigate the negative effects of exposure to violence (i.e., victimization, witnessing violence) on adolescents’ physical aggression. Four specific dimensions of peer influence were examined — friends’ support for nonviolence, friends’ support for fighting, peer pressure for fighting, and friends’ delinquent behavior.

      Methods:

      Analyses were conducted on four waves of data collected every 3 months (i.e., fall, winter, spring, summer) from a predominantly African-American (78%) sample of 2,575 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders attending three public middle schools in the United States. The sample was 52% female, with a mean age of 12.3 years (SD = 1.00).

      Results:

      Findings for relations with victimization differed by sex. For boys, low levels of friends’ delinquent behavior attenuated the relation between victimization and changes in physical aggression across all three waves. The protective effect of low levels of peer pressure for fighting was only evident in the winter for boys, whereas the protective effect of friends’ support for nonviolence was only evident in the summer. For girls, high levels of friends’ support for nonviolence attenuated the relation between victimization in the winter and changes in physical aggression in the spring. In contrast, none of the peer factors moderated the relation between witnessing violence and physical aggression.

      Conclusions:

      Findings suggest that prevention and interventions that increase positive peer influences and decrease negative peer influences may benefit adolescents by reducing risks associated with victimization.

    • Subject:
    • Source:
      J Adolesc. 90:53-65
    • Pubmed ID:
      34144377
    • Pubmed Central ID:
      PMC8513536
    • Document Type:
      Journal Article
    • Funding:
    • Collection(s):
      CDC Public Access
    • Main Document Checksum:
    • File Type:

    You May Also Like

    Checkout today's featured content at stacks.cdc.gov