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. 1995 Oct;34(10):1362-8.
doi: 10.1097/00004583-199510000-00022.

Emotional impact of children's exposure to community violence: a preliminary study

M R Cooley-Quille  1 , S M Turner, D C Beidel
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Emotional impact of children's exposure to community violence: a preliminary study

M R Cooley-Quille et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To use multiple methods and measures to investigate preliminarily the emotional impact of children's exposure to community violence.

Method: Thirty-seven schoolchildren between the ages of 7 and 12 years were categorized into groups with "high" or "low" frequency of exposure.

Results: Differing levels of exposure to community violence did not appear to have an impact on DSM-III-R diagnoses. Exposure to high levels of community violence was not related to internalizing behavior and disorders, but rather was associated with externalizing behavior.

Conclusions: There appears to be an adverse relationship between high levels of exposure to community violence and emotional and conduct problems. Vicarious learning serves as an explanatory construct for these findings.

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