What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure

Although community violence and the associated deleterious behavioral and psychological consequences that follow violence exposure for youth persist as serious; ongoing public health concerns; surprisingly little research has examined precursors to adolescents' violence exposure. This longitudi...

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Main Authors: Ceballo, Rosario, Cranford, James A, Alers-Rojas, Francheska, Jocson, Rosanne M, Kennedy, Traci M
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/293
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-021-01480-6
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.psychology-faculty-pubs-13062022-01-27T05:24:47Z What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure Ceballo, Rosario Cranford, James A Alers-Rojas, Francheska Jocson, Rosanne M Kennedy, Traci M Although community violence and the associated deleterious behavioral and psychological consequences that follow violence exposure for youth persist as serious; ongoing public health concerns; surprisingly little research has examined precursors to adolescents' violence exposure. This longitudinal study investigates adolescents' participation in three types of activities; specifically including home-; school-; and community-based after-school activities and examines which of these activities place youth at greater risk for experiencing community violence. The sample consists of 398 Latino high school students (53% female) with a mean age of 15.5 years (SD = 1.0) and with 85% qualifying for free and reduced school lunch. Cross-sectional results demonstrated that frequency of non-structured community-based activities and part-time work were associated with higher rates of witnessing and being victimized by violence. Adolescents' endorsement of the Latino cultural value of familismo; on the other hand; was associated with lower rates of personal victimization. Longitudinal findings showed that only frequency of non-structured community-based activities was related to greater victimization and witnessing violence one year later. Our findings underscore the importance of providing structured; well supervised after-school activities for low-income youth in high-risk neighborhoods. 2021-07-24T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/293 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-021-01480-6 Psychology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo after-school activities familismo adolescents community violence exposure Psychology Sociology
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Philippines
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topic after-school activities
familismo
adolescents
community violence exposure
Psychology
Sociology
spellingShingle after-school activities
familismo
adolescents
community violence exposure
Psychology
Sociology
Ceballo, Rosario
Cranford, James A
Alers-Rojas, Francheska
Jocson, Rosanne M
Kennedy, Traci M
What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure
description Although community violence and the associated deleterious behavioral and psychological consequences that follow violence exposure for youth persist as serious; ongoing public health concerns; surprisingly little research has examined precursors to adolescents' violence exposure. This longitudinal study investigates adolescents' participation in three types of activities; specifically including home-; school-; and community-based after-school activities and examines which of these activities place youth at greater risk for experiencing community violence. The sample consists of 398 Latino high school students (53% female) with a mean age of 15.5 years (SD = 1.0) and with 85% qualifying for free and reduced school lunch. Cross-sectional results demonstrated that frequency of non-structured community-based activities and part-time work were associated with higher rates of witnessing and being victimized by violence. Adolescents' endorsement of the Latino cultural value of familismo; on the other hand; was associated with lower rates of personal victimization. Longitudinal findings showed that only frequency of non-structured community-based activities was related to greater victimization and witnessing violence one year later. Our findings underscore the importance of providing structured; well supervised after-school activities for low-income youth in high-risk neighborhoods.
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author Ceballo, Rosario
Cranford, James A
Alers-Rojas, Francheska
Jocson, Rosanne M
Kennedy, Traci M
author_facet Ceballo, Rosario
Cranford, James A
Alers-Rojas, Francheska
Jocson, Rosanne M
Kennedy, Traci M
author_sort Ceballo, Rosario
title What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure
title_short What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure
title_full What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure
title_fullStr What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure
title_full_unstemmed What Happens After School? Linking Latino Adolescents Activities and Community Violence Exposure
title_sort what happens after school? linking latino adolescents activities and community violence exposure
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2021
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/293
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-021-01480-6
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