TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - The Effects of Community and Family Violence Exposure on Anxiety Trajectories During Middle Childhood: The Role of Family Social Support as a Moderator JO - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology A1 - Kennedy, Angie C. A1 - Bybee, Deborah A1 - Sullivan, Cris M. A1 - Greeson, Megan SP - 365 EP - 379 VL - 38 IS - 3 N2 - This 2-year longitudinal study investigated the relations between community and school violence exposure, witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV), family social support, and anxiety, within a sample of 100 school-age children (39% female, M age=9.90 years). Using multilevel modeling, we found heterogeneity across children in terms of their initial levels of anxiety and their trajectories of anxiety over time. Initial community and school violence exposure and witnessing IPV were both positively associated with initial levels of anxiety. Over time, change in both community and school violence exposure and witnessing IPV positively covaried with anxiety. Further, gender, initial family social support, and change in family social support significantly moderated the effect of change in community and school violence exposure on anxiety.
LA - SN - 1537-4416 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374410902851713 ID - ref1 ER -