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We examined the association between neighborhood violence and three domains of psychosocial adjustment in low-income, urban African American children: internalizing, externalizing, and physical symptoms. Based on anecdotal and empirical evidence, it was hypothesized that, relative to internalizing and externalizing problems, a stronger association would emerge between physical symptoms and neighborhood violence. Mother-reported neighborhood violence was associated with child-reported physical symptoms, but not internalizing or externalizing symptoms. Child-reported neighborhood violence was associated with child-reported internalizing, externalizing, and physical symptoms; however, neighborhood violence accounted for a greater percentage of variance in physical symptoms than the other two symptom domains. Our findings were not moderated by the age or gender of the child. We discuss the importance of physical symptoms as a marker of child adjustment in low-income, urban, African American children, as well directions for future research.KEY WORDS: neighborhood violence; psychosocial adjustment; children; African American. Bronfenbrenner's (1979Bronfenbrenner's ( , 1989 ecological model asserts that children must be understood within the context of the multiple environments in which they grow and develop. Neighborhood risk, characterized by disadvantage, crime, and violence, has been the focus of increasing attention in models of child and

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