Predicting violent behavior: The role of violence exposure and future educational aspirations during adolescence

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• Alternative Title:
  J Adolesc
• Personal Author:
  Stoddard, Sarah A. ; Heinze, Justin E. ; Choe, Daniel Ewon ; Zimmerman, Marc A.
• Description:
  Few researchers have explored future educational aspirations as a promotive factor against exposure to community violence in relation to adolescents' violent behavior over time. The present study examined the direct and indirect effect of exposure to community violence prior to 9th grade on attitudes about violence and violent behavior in 12th grade, and violent behavior at age 22 via 9th grade future educational aspirations in a sample of urban African American youth (n = 681; 49% male). Multi-group SEM was used to test the moderating effect of gender. Exposure to violence was associated with lower future educational aspirations. For boys, attitudes about violence directly predicted violent behavior at age 22. For boys, future educational aspirations indirectly predicted less violent behavior at age 22. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aspirations, Psychological Attitude Educational Status Female Humans Interview, Psychological Male Violence Young Adult
• Keywords:
  Adolescence Exposure To Violence Future Educational Aspirations Longitudinal Violent Behavior
• Source:
  J Adolesc. 44:191-203
• Pubmed ID:
  26282242
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4575886
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 DA034765/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01-DA07484/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 CE002698/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DA007484/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K01-DA034765/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  44
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:19393f83bbce3e789a1250313be84d29e8a7a9fec5bee4eb52022a84be268625
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122880/cdc_122880_DS1.pdf
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