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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Aug:235:288-291.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.05.019. Epub 2021 May 12.

Future Orientation as a Cross-Cutting Protective Factor Against Multiple Forms of Violence

Susheel K Khetarpal  1 , Nicholas Szoko  2 , Maya I Ragavan  3 , Alison J Culyba  4
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Multicenter Study

Future Orientation as a Cross-Cutting Protective Factor Against Multiple Forms of Violence

Susheel K Khetarpal et al. J Pediatr. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Among 9th-to 12th-grade students who completed an anonymous health risk and protective behavior survey (n = 2346), positive future orientation was significantly and inversely associated with multiple forms of interpersonal violence including youth, community, and sexual/relationship violence. Designing interventions to promote future orientation holds promise as a cross-cutting violence prevention strategy.

Keywords: adolescent; future orientation; interpersonal violence; violence perpetration; violence victimization.

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