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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 4/2019

01-08-2019 | Original Paper

Polyvictimization, Related Symptoms, and Familial and Neighborhood Contexts as Longitudinal Mediators of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Violence Exposure Across Adolescence

Authors: Arthur R. Andrews III, Cristina M. López, Alan Snyder, Benjamin Saunders, Dean G. Kilpatrick

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 4/2019

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Abstract

African American and Hispanic adolescent experience more violence exposure relative to White youth. The present study examined the mediating role of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), delinquency, earlier victimization, and familial and neighborhood factors in disparities in future victimization. The study utilized data from the National Survey of Adolescents-Replication (N = 3,312), which consists of three waves of data collected approximately 1 year apart. A series of path models, tested polyvictimization, PTSS, delinquency, familial socioeconomic factors, and neighborhood safety as mediators of disparities in new polyvictimization. All cross-lagged and autoregressive paths positively predicted past-year polyvictimization and mediated longitudinal disparities. Familial socioeconomic variables and neighborhood safety mediated initial violence exposure disparities. Overall, results indicate that prior violence exposure, related mental health symptoms, and familial and neighborhood factors account for significant portions of disparities in new violence exposure across adolescence.
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Alternate models were examined in which the direction of the paths were reversed (e.g., Wave 2 PTSS predicting Wave 2 violence exposure), but evidenced poorer model fit. Additionally, models with correlations (i.e., non-directional paths) between all within-wave variables did not significantly improve model fit. Thus, the model with predictive paths from violence exposure to within-wave symptoms was retained.
 
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Metadata
Title
Polyvictimization, Related Symptoms, and Familial and Neighborhood Contexts as Longitudinal Mediators of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Violence Exposure Across Adolescence
Authors
Arthur R. Andrews III
Cristina M. López
Alan Snyder
Benjamin Saunders
Dean G. Kilpatrick
Publication date
01-08-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0842-2

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