PMID- 21461763
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120222
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1573-3610 (Electronic)
IS  - 0094-5145 (Print)
IS  - 0094-5145 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 6
DP  - 2011 Dec
TI  - Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth.
PG  - 925-32
LID - 10.1007/s10900-011-9391-5 [doi]
AB  - Youth in urban environments are exposed to community violence, yet some do well 
      and continue on a positive developmental trajectory. This study investigated the 
      relationships between lifetime community violence exposure (including total, 
      hearing about, witnessing, and victimization), family functioning, and positive 
      youth development (PYD) among 110 urban youth ages 10-16 years (54% female) using 
      a paper and pen self-report survey. This cross-sectional study was part of an 
      interdisciplinary community-based participatory research effort in West/Southwest 
      Philadelphia. Almost 97% of the sample reported some type of community violence 
      exposure. Controlling for presence of mother in the home and presence of father 
      in the home, separate linear regression models for PYD by each type of community 
      violence exposure indicated that gender and family functioning were significantly 
      associated with PYD. None of the types of community violence exposure were 
      significant in the models. Significant interactions between gender and presence 
      of mother in the home and gender and family functioning helped better explain 
      these relationships for some of the types of community violence exposure. 
      Presence of mother was associated with higher PYD for girls, but not for boys. 
      Boys with poor family functioning had lower PYD than girls with poor family 
      functioning. This study helps to better delineate relationships between CVE and 
      PYD by adding new knowledge to the literature on the role of family functioning. 
      Points of intervention should focus on families, with attention to parental 
      figures in the home and overall family functioning.
FAU - McDonald, Catherine C
AU  - McDonald CC
AD  - University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Center for Health Equity Research, 
      2L, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217, USA. 
      mcdonalc@nursing.upenn.edu
FAU - Deatrick, Janet A
AU  - Deatrick JA
FAU - Kassam-Adams, Nancy
AU  - Kassam-Adams N
FAU - Richmond, Therese S
AU  - Richmond TS
LA  - eng
GR  - U49 CE001093/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
GR  - F31 NR011107/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States
GR  - F31NR011107/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 5 U49 CE001093/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
GR  - F31 NR011107-02/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Community Health
JT  - Journal of community health
JID - 7600747
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Adolescent Development
MH  - Black or African American/psychology/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Child
MH  - *Child Development
MH  - *Family Characteristics
MH  - *Family Relations
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Philadelphia
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Urban Health
MH  - Violence/ethnology/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
PMC - PMC3194062
MID - NIHMS298354
EDAT- 2011/04/05 06:00
MHDA- 2012/02/23 06:00
PMCR- 2012/12/01
CRDT- 2011/04/05 06:00
PHST- 2011/04/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/02/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s10900-011-9391-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Community Health. 2011 Dec;36(6):925-32. doi: 10.1007/s10900-011-9391-5.