The moderating effect of resilience on the relationship between perceived community violence and anxiety of youth in a high-violence urban area

• Main Author: Miranda, Gaea Marelle J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Anxiety; Violence
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5989; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/13097/viewcontent/Miranda_GaeaMarelle_11497319_Partial.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

An explanatory quantitative study was conducted at Barangay Ma. Orosa (Brgy. 702) in Malate, Manila to determine the direct relationship between perceived community violence and anxiety, as well as the role of resilience in strengthening or weakening the relationship between the two variables. Focusing the study on emerging youth aged 18 to 25, the researcher tested two study hypotheses: (1) higher levels of perceived community violence predicts higher anxiety levels among the youth, and (2) the level of anxiety brought about by exposure to perceived community violence is weakened by high levels of resiliency among the youth, using the Neighborhood Environment Scale, the Filipino version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and the Resilience Scale. After establishing the barangay profile and the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, findings suggest that there exists a weak relationship between perceived community violence and anxiety. Moreover, it was found that resilience does not significantly affect the relationships between the two variables. These results affirm Hypothesis 1 but reject Hypothesis 2. A possible reason for this result is the presence of other factors in mitigating or controlling anxiety levels. Recommendations for future research are also presented. Keywords: perceived community violence, anxiety, resilience