TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Social networks and violence victimization and perpetration among youth: a longitudinal analysis
JO  - American journal of community psychology
A1  - Mullet, Natira
A1  - Waterman, Emily A.
A1  - Edwards, Katie M.
A1  - Banyard, Victoria
A1  - Valente, Thomas W.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Interpersonal violence (IV) is a serious concern for adolescents in the United States that has devastating impacts for individuals and communities. Given the increased importance placed on friendships during adolescence, the purpose of the current study was to examine the extent to which IV experiences cluster within youths' friendship networks. Participants were students (N = 1303) in grades 7th to 10th who completed surveys at the beginning and end of an academic year. <br><br>RESULTS showed that friends' average perpetration (i.e., the percentage of the friends they nominated who perpetrated IV) was strongly associated with likelihood of individual perpetration at baseline but not at the follow-up. For victimization, friends' average report of victimization (i.e., the percentage of the friends they nominated who were victimized) was associated with higher likelihood reporting of victimization (at both baseline and follow-up). Although future research is needed to understand explanatory mechanisms underlying these findings, it is possible that the effectiveness of prevention initiatives may be enhanced by incorporating peer group information.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-0562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12716
ID  - ref1
ER  -