TY - JOUR
T1 - The Rates and Characteristics of the Exposure of Palestinian Youth to Community Violence
AU - Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.
AU - Leshem, Becky
AU - Guterman, Neil B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by grants from the CRB Bronfman Foundation, the Sara Moses Fund, the Sondra and Chen Feldman Fund, and the Milton Rosenbaum Fund.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The article presents the results of a study that explored the rates and characteristics of exposure to community violence (CV) and its relevance to several sociodemographic factors among a sample of 1,930 Palestinian youth (1,018 girls and 912 boys), aged 12 to 19 years residing in diverse residential areas in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The frequency of boys' exposure to CV during the previous 12 months was significantly higher than among girls. The frequency of witnessing CV during that period was higher than the frequency of personally experiencing CV, and exposure to mild CV incidents during that period was higher than the frequency of exposure to severe CV incidents during the same period, with no significant relationship to sociodemographic factors. Participants reported higher rates of witnessing most CV incidents outside of the neighborhood. Nonetheless, they reported higher rates of experiencing most incidents of CV inside the participants' neighborhood. The implications of the results for theory development and future research are discussed.
AB - The article presents the results of a study that explored the rates and characteristics of exposure to community violence (CV) and its relevance to several sociodemographic factors among a sample of 1,930 Palestinian youth (1,018 girls and 912 boys), aged 12 to 19 years residing in diverse residential areas in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The frequency of boys' exposure to CV during the previous 12 months was significantly higher than among girls. The frequency of witnessing CV during that period was higher than the frequency of personally experiencing CV, and exposure to mild CV incidents during that period was higher than the frequency of exposure to severe CV incidents during the same period, with no significant relationship to sociodemographic factors. Participants reported higher rates of witnessing most CV incidents outside of the neighborhood. Nonetheless, they reported higher rates of experiencing most incidents of CV inside the participants' neighborhood. The implications of the results for theory development and future research are discussed.
KW - Palestinian children
KW - Palestinian youth
KW - community violence
KW - sociodemographic characteristics
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260512475309
DO - 10.1177/0886260512475309
M3 - Article
C2 - 23400882
AN - SCOPUS:84879217865
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 28
SP - 2223
EP - 2249
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 11
ER -