TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The Differential Impact on Children of Inter- and Intra-Community Violence in Northern Ireland
JO  - Peace and conflict: journal of peace psychology
A1  - Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.
A1  - Cummings, E. Mark
A1  - Ellis, Kathleen
A1  - Merrilees, Christine E.
A1  - Schermerhorn, Alice C.
A1  - Shirlow, Peter
A1  - Cairns, Ed
SP  - 367
EP  - 383
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
N2  - This study explores distinctions in Northern Ireland between inter-community (i.e., sectarian) and intra-community (i.e., nonsectarian) violence and their respective impacts on children, and considers these forms of violence in relation to children's processes of emotional security about community conflict. Preliminary work was based on focus groups with mothers in Belfast, followed by a quantitative study involving mothers in Derry–Londonderry. Support emerged for a conceptually based distinction between sectarian and nonsectarian violence and differential prediction of children's adjustment problems, which was more closely linked with sectarian than nonsectarian community violence. Pertinent to explanatory mechanisms, community violence, especially sectarian, related to mothers' perceptions of children's emotional insecurity about community. Findings are discussed in terms of future directions for understanding community violence and child development in cultural context.<p /> 
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SN  - 1078-1919
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10781910903088932
ID  - ref1
ER  -