Citation

Hinton-Nelson MD, Roberts MC, Snyder CR. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1996; 66(3): 346-353.

Affiliation

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8827258

Abstract

Eighty-nine early adolescents were measured for perceptions of hope, exposure to violence, and perceived vulnerability to victimization. Results showed the presence of high hope, together with a high degree of exposure to violence. The adolescents were about equally divided regarding the nature of their own death, while most predicted a violent death for the "average American." The highest levels of hope were reported by those who had witnessed violence but not experienced it personally; those with the greatest exposure to violence predicted their own death would be violent.

Language: en