Violence Prevention: An Evaluation of Program Effects with Urban African American Students
dc.contributor.author | Washburn, Jason J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McMahon, Susan D. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T15:40:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T15:40:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | McMahon, Susan D.; Washburn, Jason J.; (2003). "Violence Prevention: An Evaluation of Program Effects with Urban African American Students." The Journal of Primary Prevention 24(1): 43-62. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45096> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0278-095X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-6547 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45096 | |
dc.description.abstract | While many violence prevention programs have been developed to combat the problems of violence and aggression among youth, few programs have been evaluated. This study examines the impact of a violence prevention program among African American students in two inner-city schools in Chicago. Students in 5th through 8th grade participated in Second Step: A Violence Prevention Program , and completed surveys at pretest and posttest. Aggressive behavior and prosocial behavior were assessed through self-report, peer-report, and teacher-report. In addition, knowledge and skills related to violence, empathy, impulsivity, and sense of school membership were assessed. The findings revealed significant increases in self-reported knowledge and skills, self-reported empathy, and teacher-reported prosocial behavior. Increases in empathy significantly predicted less aggressive behavior. School setting influenced several outcomes, including sense of school membership. Implications for primary prevention and evaluation are discussed with a focus on the importance of context. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Program Evaluation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Health Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Medicine & Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Community & Environmental Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Violence Prevention | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Urban African American Youth | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Second Step | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Adolescents | en_US |
dc.title | Violence Prevention: An Evaluation of Program Effects with Urban African American Students | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Family Medicine and Primary Care | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45096/1/10935_2004_Article_460825.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025075617356 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Journal of Primary Prevention | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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