SynthesisBMC psychiatry2022
Community violence and internalizing mental health symptoms in adolescents: A systematic review.
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- Exposure to community violence and biomarkers of allostatic load: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological bulletin · 2025Pooled it
- Multisystem Environmental Factors Elucidate Shared and Distinct Associations With Brain and Behavior in Adolescents.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026Article
- What Are the Mechanisms Underpinning Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Perpetration? A Realist Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Review
- Community violence exposure and mental health in urban Mexico: The moderating role of school belonging in early adolescence and young adulthood.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Mapping Multilevel Correlates of Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from an Ecological Network Study.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- "We were locked in with our trauma" - a mixed-methods study of health pathways among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Development of internalizing symptomology in harsh rearing and neighborhood contexts: The role of executive functioning.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Living in the Aftermath: Narratives on the impact of exposure to community and school violence in childhood on mental health and adjustment outcomes in later life.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- The impacts of neighbourhood violence on mental health consultations among residents of low-income neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro: a retrospective cohort analysis.International journal of mental health systems · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Bidirectional Associations Between Early Adolescents' Externalizing and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Substance Use Patterns.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- [Psychometric properties of a direct violence scale and its behavioral mediation].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Observational
- Narrative Self-Transcendence: Decreased Regret and Increased Acceptance Over Late Midlife.Journal of personality · 2026Article
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- Comparing global and community indicators of safety and peace.African journal of psychological assessment · 2026Article
- Community violence in the HIV risk environment: a qualitative study among youth in Brazil.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of adolescents attempted suicide: a phenomenological study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review.BJPsych international · 2025Review
- Healthcare utilisation among low-income individuals affected by violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Adverse childhood experiences as predictors of alcohol and tobacco addiction risk among college students in Delhi-NCR, India.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- "Somebody's Gonna Go Home and Put it on Facebook": A Mixed Method Exploration of Black Youth and Adults' Online Exposure to Violence in a Low-income Community.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposesMental disorders are responsible for 16% of the global burden of disease in adolescents. This review focuses on one contextual factor called community violence that can contribute to the development of mental disorders
objectiveTo evaluate the impact of community violence on internalizing mental health symptoms in adolescents, to investigate whether different proximity to community violence (witness or victim) is associated with different risks and to identify whether gender, age, and race moderate this association.
methodssystematic review of observational studies. The population includes adolescents (10-24 years), exposition involves individuals exposed to community violence and outcomes consist of internalizing mental health symptoms. Selection, extraction and quality assessment were performed independently by two researchers.
resultsA total of 2987 works were identified; after selection and extraction, 42 works remained. Higher exposure to community violence was positively associated with internalizing mental health symptoms. Being a witnessing is less harmful for mental health than being a victim. Age and race did not appear in the results as modifiers, but male gender and family support appear to be protective factors in some studies.
conclusionThis review confirms the positive relationship between community violence and internalizing mental health symptoms in adolescents and provides relevant information that can direct public efforts to build policies in the prevention of both problems.
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