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Predicting adolescent aggressive behavior from community violence exposure, deviant peer affiliation and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study

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  • Lin, Shuang
  • Yu, Chengfu
  • Chen, Jun
  • Zhang, Wei
  • Cao, Lei
  • Liu, Lihong

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Community violence exposure (CVE) functions as a risk factor for adolescent aggressive behavior, but the mediating mechanisms underlying this relationship are not well understood. This longitudinal study examined the mediating effects of school engagement and deviant peer affiliation on the relationship between CVE and aggressive behavior in a sample of 732 Chinese adolescents. Structural equation modeling indicated that CVE in the fall of seventh grade diminished school engagement in the spring of seventh grade, which enhanced deviant peer affiliation in the fall of eighth grade leading to increased aggressive behavior in the fall of eighth grade. CVE in the fall of seventh grade directly increased deviant peer affiliation in the spring of seventh grade, which increased aggressive behavior in the fall of eighth grade. The non-significant pathway from deviant peer affiliation to subsequent school engagement suggests that deviant peer affiliation may have a proximal association with adolescent aggressive behavior. Understanding the mechanism of association between CVE and aggression has implications for preventing adolescent aggressive behavior.

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  • Lin, Shuang & Yu, Chengfu & Chen, Jun & Zhang, Wei & Cao, Lei & Liu, Lihong, 2020. "Predicting adolescent aggressive behavior from community violence exposure, deviant peer affiliation and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:111:y:2020:i:c:s0190740919312319
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104840
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    1. Ali-Saleh Darawshy, Neveen & Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M., 2018. "Palestinian adolescents' exposure to community violence and internalizing and externalizing symptoms: Parental factors as mediators," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 397-406.
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    2. Haitao Liu & Kai Dou & Chengfu Yu & Yangang Nie & Xue Zheng, 2021. "The Relationship between Peer Attachment and Aggressive Behavior among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, July.
    3. Shuang Lin & Chengfu Yu & Jun Chen & Jing Sheng & Yousong Hu & Lin Zhong, 2020. "The Association between Parental Psychological Control, Deviant Peer Affiliation, and Internet Gaming Disorder among Chinese Adolescents: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-13, November.
    4. Xu Chen & Ling Li & Gangwu Lv & Hui Li, 2021. "Parental Behavioral Control and Bullying and Victimization of Rural Adolescents in China: The Roles of Deviant Peer Affiliation and Gender," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-13, April.

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