Child Study Center, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2013 Aug;44(4):516-24. doi: 10.1007/s10578-012-0344-8.
The study aimed to investigate cross-cultural differences in the relation between community violence and psychopathology. A self-report survey was conducted in a representative sample of 3,309 14-17 year old adolescents from urban communities in the US (N = 1,343), Belgium (N = 946) and Russia (N = 1,009). In all three countries, boys reported higher prevalences of violence exposure and more victimization by community violence than girls. Controlling for involvement in antisocial behavior, levels of psychopathology increased along with severity of exposure to community violence (from no exposure to witnessing to victimization). The associations between community violence and internalizing problems were similar across countries and gender. Current findings suggest that the relationships between community violence and adolescent mental health are not culture bound and that they follow similar dynamics in different populations. Clinical implications and directions are discussed.
本研究旨在探究社区暴力与精神病理学之间的跨文化差异。在美国（N=1343）、比利时（N=946）和俄罗斯（N=1009）的城市社区中，对 14-17 岁的青少年进行了一项代表性的自我报告调查。在所有三个国家，男孩报告的暴力暴露率和社区暴力受害率均高于女孩。在控制了反社会行为的参与程度后，随着社区暴力暴露程度的增加（从不暴露到目击到受害），精神病理学的水平也随之增加。社区暴力与内化问题之间的关联在不同国家和性别中是相似的。目前的研究结果表明，社区暴力与青少年心理健康之间的关系不受文化限制，并且在不同人群中遵循相似的动态。讨论了临床意义和方向。
