Citation

Dubé C, Gagne MH, Clement ME, Chamberland C. J. Child Adolesc. Trauma 2018; 11(4): 411-420.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s40653-018-0218-8

PMID

30546818

PMCID

PMC6267123

Abstract

Based on a populational survey conducted among 1400 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years old, the aim of this study is to assess the relationships between their community violence experiences and their psychological health (anger, depressive symptoms, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms). One MANOVA confirms that both boys and girls who report at least one incident of physical community violence present more psychological difficulties, especially anger. Subsequent MANOVAs show that anger intensity varies depending on whether the youth was a direct victim or a witness only, as well as on the diversity of the types of violent manifestations and on acquaintance with the perpetrator, whereas the presence of injuries has no significant effect. This study highlights the importance of considering the context of the community violence incident, to clearly understand its relationships with the youth's psychological difficulties.

Language: en

Keywords

Anger; Context of violence; Depression; Physical violence; Populational survey; Trauma