NDLI: Parent–Adolescent Relationship Quality and Nondisclosure as Mediators of the Association Between Exposure to Community Violence and Psychological Distress

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Author	Dinizulu, Sonya Mathies Grant, Kathryn E. Bryant, Fred B. Boustani, Maya M. Tyler, Donald McIntosh, Jeanne M.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	African American youth residing in urban poverty have been shown to be at increased risk for exposure to violence and for psychological symptoms, but there has been little investigation of mediating processes that might explain this association.This study tested the quality of parent–adolescent relationships and adolescent nondisclosure to adults as mediating mechanisms through which exposure to community violence may lead to psychological symptoms.The current study surveyed a sample of 152 low-income urban African American early adolescents (aged 12–14). Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing exposure to community violence, nondisclosure, parent–adolescent relationship, and psychological symptoms (i.e., internalizing and externalizing symptoms).Path analyses revealed that parent–adolescent relationship quality and nondisclosure both functioned as mediators of the relation between exposure to community violence and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms, though significant direct effects for violence exposure on externalizing symptoms remained. Decomposition of effects revealed that nondisclosure was a stronger mediator than parent–adolescent relationship quality. Results also indicated that exposure to violence can lead to externalizing (but not internalizing) symptoms first by way of parent–adolescent relationship quality and then nondisclosure.Combined, these findings suggest that the development of preventive interventions designed to assist adults and parents improve communication and strengthen relationships with adolescents might reduce the negative effects of exposure to community violence on adolescent mental health.
Starting Page	41
Ending Page	61
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10531890
Journal	Child & Youth Care Forum
Volume Number	43
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15733319
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-08-09
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Nondisclosure Mediating mechanisms Community violence African-American Mental health Parent–adolescent relationships Child and School Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Life-span and Life-course Studies

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