Urban African American Parents’ Messages about Violence: A Mixed Methods Study

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• Alternative Title:
  J Adolesc Res
• Personal Author:
  Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah ; Finigan, Nadine ; Bradshaw, Catherine ; Haynie, Denise ; Cheng, Tina L.
• Description:
  Family socialization, which includes parental control and support, plays an important role in reducing the likelihood of adolescent involvement in conflict. This study examined the strategies that urban parents living in neighborhoods with high crime rates suggest to help their adolescent children avoid or deescalate conflict. Data come from 48 African American parent/adolescent dyads recruited through the youths' middle school. Dyads responded to three video-taped scenarios depicting youth in potential conflict situations. Qualitative methods were used to identify 11 strategies parents suggested to help youth avoid or deescalate conflict. Although the majority of parents advocated for non-violent solutions, these same parents described situations in which their child may need to use violence. These findings have important implications for family-focused violence prevention programs.
• Subjects:
  Adolescence Black Or African American Parent/youth Communication Parenting Violence
• Source:
  J Adolesc Res. 28(5):511-534.
• Pubmed ID:
  26726283
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4696479
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K24 HD052559/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; P20 MD000165/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U49 CE000728/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:57b121de7fefd568e87dd6317cda1d4db262ec1cc3cc659d7edb73111c231562
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37422/cdc_37422_DS1.pdf
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