TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Exploring the Relationship between Exposure to Violence, Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety, and Children's Adaptive Functioning: Clinical and Community Implications
JO  - Journal of human behavior in the social environment
A1  - Maschi, Tina
A1  - Perez, Rose M.
A1  - Tyson, Edgar
SP  - 744
EP  - 744
VL  - 20
IS  - 6
N2  - This study explored the relationship of exposure to violence and children's perceptions of neighborhood safety and children's adaptive functioning. It used a cross-sectional quadi-experimental design of 300 inner-city children and a bttery of standardized measures, which included the Child Maltreatment Classification Scheme, Exposure to Community Violence Scale, the Domains of Safety Subscale for Neighborhood, and the Child Behavior Checklist-Teacher's Report form. Hierarchal regression analysis revealed that child maltreatment history and perceptions of neighborhood safety were significantly related to children's overall adaptive functioning. Social workers can help by engaging in efforts to increase neighborhood safety and reinforcing positive adaptive psychosocial functioning of children at risk or exposed to violence.<p /> 
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SN  - 1091-1359
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10911351003749144
ID  - ref1
ER  -