Citation

Ng-Mak DS, Salzinger S, Feldman RS, Stueve CA. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 2004; 74(2): 196-208.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

10.1037/0002-9432.74.2.196

PMID

15113248

Abstract

The study tests the thesis of pathologic adaptation for youth exposed to community violence, where high levels of exposure to community violence lead to increased aggressive behavior but decreased psychological distress. Four hundred seventy-one 6th graders and 1 of their parents were interviewed. The results showed, for a small but important subgroup of youth, that high levels of exposure to community violence were associated with more child- and parent-reported aggressive behavior and less child-reported psychological distress. Targeted prevention strategies for these high-risk youth are especially needed.

Language: en