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Exposure to community violence: Toward a more expansive definition and approach to research
dc.contributor.authorCeballo, Rosario
dc.contributor.authorAlers-Rojas, Francheska
dc.contributor.authorMora, Andrea S.
dc.contributor.authorCranford, James A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-06T17:28:09Z
dc.date.available2023-07-06 13:28:08en
dc.date.available2022-05-06T17:28:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.identifier.citationCeballo, Rosario; Alers-Rojas, Francheska ; Mora, Andrea S.; Cranford, James A. (2022). "Exposure to community violence: Toward a more expansive definition and approach to research." Child Development Perspectives (2): 96-102.
dc.identifier.issn1750-8592
dc.identifier.issn1750-8606
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/172306
dc.description.abstractCommunity violence has been identified as a pressing public health crisis in the United States. A wealth of research establishes robust connections between youth’s exposure to community violence and an array of negative psychological outcomes. In this article, we argue that developmental scientists need to adopt a more expansive definition of community violence and use a broader range of approaches to understand and intervene in the current epidemic of violence. First, we discuss problems with definitions of community violence in research and propose several types of violent incidents that should no longer be excluded (i.e., gender-based harassment, sexual assault). We also highlight the need for a more nuanced and thorough examination of the dimensions associated with community violence (e.g., severity, physical proximity, relational proximity, chronicity). Next, we discuss methodological problems encumbering research on community violence. Finally, we propose recommendations for research, emphasizing the need to account for children’s intersecting social identities.
dc.publisherHarvard University Press
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherintersectionality
dc.subject.otherneighborhoods
dc.subject.otherpoverty
dc.subject.otherracial/ethnic-minority youth
dc.subject.othercommunity violence
dc.titleExposure to community violence: Toward a more expansive definition and approach to research
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/172306/1/cdep12448_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/172306/2/cdep12448.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cdep.12448
dc.identifier.sourceChild Development Perspectives
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