Youth exposure to violence prevention programs in a national sample

Finkelhor, David; Vanderminden, Jennifer; Turner, Heather A.; Shattuck, Anne M.; Hamby, Sherry

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.01.010

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“…This reveals that aggression in schools may cause fatal and irreparable damage in adolescents. Although schools have implemented a variety of violence prevention programs and curricula, violence in schools has not improved [5, 6]. Therefore, the question of how to curb violence in students has become a grave challenge for schools and educators [7].…”

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Effects of physical education, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on adolescent aggressive behavior: A latent growth modeling approach

2017

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The present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal influence of physical education classes, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on aggressive behavior among South Korean adolescents. Data were drawn from the Korea Youth Panel Survey. We used latent growth curve modeling to explain the growth trajectory of adolescent aggressive behaviors and a multi-group analysis to investigate gender differences in aggressive behavior. The results indicated that adolescents’ aggressive behavior significantly changed with age. There were significant gender-based differences in the level of and changes in aggressive behavior over time. Both extracurricular sports activities and leisure satisfaction had significant influences on the changes in adolescents’ aggressive behavior with age, whereas physical education classes did not.

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Effects of physical education, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on adolescent aggressive behavior: A latent growth modeling approach

2017

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“…General violence prevention programs should also be implemented in schools to reduce victimization risk. U.S. national research finds 65% of youth receive violence prevention programing, but increased age and lower program quality reduced the efficacy of these programs (Finkelhor, Vanderminden, Turner, Shattuck, & Hamby, 2014). Given the important role of peers for adolescence, greater efforts are needed to increase victims’ social support networks post-crime.…”

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Friendships Lost: The Social Consequences of Violent Victimization

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Ménard

2016

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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Few studies have examined the impact of violent victimization on friendship networks. This study used two waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to examine the effects of violent victimization on number peer- and self-reported friendships. Guided by stigma theory (Goffman, 1963), fixed-effect regression models controlling for depression, delinquency, substance use, and school engagement were completed to predict changes in number of friends following victimization. Consistent with the theory, results indicate that experiencing violent victimization (e.g., jumped, stabbed, shot at) was associated with a decrease in number of friends. These effects were magnified for females and for individuals with a greater number of depressive symptoms. These results were consistent even when models were run separately for each individual type of victimization. Treatment and prevention implications are discussed.

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“…Some programs have been associated with decreased self-blame and increased reporting, but none has been shown to reduce CSA victimization (Finkelhor et al 1995;Finkelhor et al 2015). Some schoolbased programs have also targeted prevention of peer sexual abuse, with mixed results (Espelage et al 2013;Foshee et al 1998;Foshee et al 2004).…”

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Parent-Focused Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

2015

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Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious public health issue. Current after-the-fact approaches to treating victims and punishing offenders are not adequate to address a problem of this magnitude; development and rigorous evaluation of CSA prevention strategies are critical. We propose that CSA prevention efforts should target parents of young children. Parents have been neglected as a focus of CSA prevention; they merit attention given their potential to improve children's safety via effective communication and monitoring. This paper provides an overview of current strategies for reducing CSA prevalence and their limitations, presents a rationale for parent-focused CSA prevention, and discusses considerations pertinent to development of an effective parent-focused approach. Parent-focused CSA prevention offers potential as a public health approach to prevention of CSA, and it is time that we devote resources toward developing and studying this important area.

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Youth exposure to violence prevention programs in a national sample

Cited by 95 publications

References 9 publications

Effects of physical education, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on adolescent aggressive behavior: A latent growth modeling approach

Effects of physical education, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on adolescent aggressive behavior: A latent growth modeling approach

Friendships Lost: The Social Consequences of Violent Victimization

Parent-Focused Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

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