Adolescents' exposure to community violence and associations with after‐school activities across two samples
Francheska Alers‐Rojas,
Rosario Ceballo,
James A. Cranford
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionExposure to community violence (ECV) continues to be a major public health problem among urban adolescents in the United States. We sought to identify subgroups of adolescents' ECV and examine how after‐school activities are related to exposure subgroups across two samples.MethodsIn Study 1 there were 1432 adolescents (Cohort 9 n = 717, Mage = 11, and Cohort 12 n = 715, Mage = 14; 52% boys) from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (1994–2002). Study 2 had a more recent sample … Show more
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