ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2020
Bidirectional Relations between Witnessing Violence, Victimization, Life Events, and Physical Aggression among Adolescents in Urban Schools.
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- Exploring the mediating role of functional connectivity in the association between violence exposure and psychopathology during early adolescence.Brain and cognition · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between violence exposure and adolescent conduct problems in a high-adversity, South African setting.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Associations of Past and Cumulative Terrorism Exposure with Community Violence Exposure Among Israeli Adolescents: Aggression and Severe Violence Commission as Moderators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Timing patterns of interpersonal violence, mental health and school attack tips submitted by youth to a statewide anonymous reporting system.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2026Article
- Physical aggression victimization among Brazilian adolescents: Associated factors and the role of school policies based on 2015 PeNSE data.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- Witnessing community violence and its consequences: Changes across middle school.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Article
- School-wide attendance rates and firearm-involved expulsions in Michigan K-12 public schools, 2018-2022.Journal of school violence · 2024Article
- Relations between youths' community violence exposure and their physical aggression: The protective role of adults.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2023Article
- Effects of stress on school bullying behavior among secondary school students: Moderating effects of gender and grade level.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Patterns of community violence exposure among urban adolescents and their associations with adjustment.American journal of community psychology · 2022Article
- Peer Factors as Mediators of Relations Between Exposure to Violence and Physical Aggression in Middle School Students in a Low-Income Urban Community.Psychology of violence · 2022Article
- Beliefs as Mediators of Relations Between Exposure to Violence and Physical Aggression During Early Adolescence.The Journal of early adolescence · 2022Article
- Patterns of Community Violence Exposure among African American Adolescents Living in Low-Resourced Urban Neighborhoods.American journal of community psychology · 2021Article
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Although there is empirical evidence supporting associations between exposure to violence and engaging in physically aggressive behavior during adolescence, there is limited longitudinal research to determine the extent to which exposure to violence is a cause or a consequence of physical aggression, and most studies have not addressed the influence of other negative life events experienced by adolescents. This study examined bidirectional relations between physical aggression, two forms of exposure to violence-witnessing violence and victimization, and other negative life events. Participants were a sample of 2568 adolescents attending three urban public middle schools who completed measures of each construct every 3 months during middle school. Their mean age was 12.76 (SD = 0.98); 52% were female. The majority were African American (89%); 17% were Hispanic or Latino/a. Cross-lagged regression analyses across four waves of data collected within the same grade revealed bidirectional relations between witnessing violence and physical aggression, and between witnessing violence and negative life events. Although physical aggression predicted subsequent changes in victimization, victimization predicted changes in physical aggression only when witnessing violence was not taken into account. Findings were consistent across sex and grades. Overall, these findings highlight the need for interventions that break the connection between exposure to violence and aggression during adolescence.
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