Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Weist, Mark D.
• Cooley-Quille, Michele

Titel

Advancing Efforts to Address Youth Violence Involvement

Ist Teil von

• Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology, 2001-06, Vol.30 (2), p.147-151

Ort / Verlag

United States: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Discusses the increased public attention on violence-related problems among youth and the concomitant increased diversity in research. Youth violence involvement is a complex construct that includes violence experienced in multiple settings (home, school, neighborhood) and in multiple forms (as victims, witnesses, perpetrators, and through family members, friends, and the media). Potential impacts of such violence involvement are considerable, including increased internalizing and externalizing behaviors among youth and future problems in school adjustment and life-course development. This introductory article reviews key dimensions of youth-related violence, describes an American Psychological Association Task Force (Division 12) developed to advance relevant research, and presents examples of national resources and efforts that attempt to address this critical public health issue.