TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Community violence, protective factors, and adolescent mental health: a profile analysis
JO  - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
A1  - Copeland-Linder, Nikeea
A1  - Lambert, Sharon F.
A1  - Ialongo, N. S.
SP  - 176
EP  - 186
VL  - 39
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examined interrelationships among community violence exposure, protective factors, and mental health in a sample of urban, predominantly African American adolescents (N = 504). Latent Profile Analysis was conducted to identify profiles of adolescents based on a combination of community violence exposure, self-worth, parental monitoring, and parental involvement and to examine whether these profiles differentially predict adolescents' depressive symptoms and aggressive behavior. Three classes were identified-a vulnerable class, a moderate risk/medium protection class, and a moderate risk/high protection class. The classes differentially predicted depressive symptoms but not aggressive behavior for boys and girls. The class with the highest community violence exposure also had the lowest self-worth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1537-4416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374410903532601
ID  - ref1
ER  -