TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's exposure to community violence
T2 - Implications for understanding risk and resilience
AU - Luthar, Suniya S.
AU - Goldstein, Adam
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (RO1–DA10726, RO1–DA11498, and R01–DA14385), the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The 5 articles included in this special section are reviewed in this article. The studies encompassed were all focused on pre- or early adolescents, and samples were generally from inner-city areas, with 1 involving rural youth. Considered collectively, the results point to 3 major conclusions: Many children in America are regularly exposed to violence in communities; such exposure carries risk for psychopathology; and parents and other adults can provide valuable support but are limited in how much they can offset the effects of ongoing violence exposure. Intervention implications are, foremost, that community violence itself must be reduced and, second, that positive relationships with significant adults should be fostered to the degree possible among children living in high-risk, violence-prone communities.
AB - The 5 articles included in this special section are reviewed in this article. The studies encompassed were all focused on pre- or early adolescents, and samples were generally from inner-city areas, with 1 involving rural youth. Considered collectively, the results point to 3 major conclusions: Many children in America are regularly exposed to violence in communities; such exposure carries risk for psychopathology; and parents and other adults can provide valuable support but are limited in how much they can offset the effects of ongoing violence exposure. Intervention implications are, foremost, that community violence itself must be reduced and, second, that positive relationships with significant adults should be fostered to the degree possible among children living in high-risk, violence-prone communities.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3303_7
DO - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3303_7
M3 - Article
C2 - 15271607
AN - SCOPUS:4444293072
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 33
SP - 499
EP - 505
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 3
ER -