Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2013 Jan;19(1):38-49. doi: 10.1037/a0029753.
Among poor, urban adolescents, high rates of community violence are a pressing public health concern. This study relies on a contextual framework of stress and coping to investigate how coping strategies and involuntary stress responses may both mediate and moderate the relation between exposure to community violence and psychological well-being. Our sample consists of 223 ninth grade Latino adolescents from poor, urban families. In response to community violence, these adolescents reported using an array of coping strategies as well as experiencing a number of involuntary stress responses; the most frequent coping responses were turning to religion and seeking social support. Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that involuntary stress responses mediated the relations between both witnessing or being victimized by violence and poorer psychological functioning, while coping strategies moderated these relations. These findings suggest that the negative psychological effects of exposure to community violence may, in part, be explained by involuntary stress responses, while religious-based coping may serve as a protective factor.
在贫困的城市青少年中，社区暴力的高发率是一个紧迫的公共卫生问题。本研究基于压力和应对的情境框架，调查应对策略和非自愿应激反应如何既调节又调节社区暴力暴露与心理健康之间的关系。我们的样本由 223 名来自贫困城市家庭的九年级拉丁裔青少年组成。对于社区暴力，这些青少年报告了使用一系列应对策略以及经历了许多非自愿的应激反应；最常见的应对反应是求助于宗教和寻求社会支持。层次回归分析表明，非自愿应激反应在目睹或成为暴力受害者与较差的心理功能之间起中介作用，而应对策略则调节这些关系。这些发现表明，接触社区暴力的负面心理影响可能部分可以用非自愿应激反应来解释，而基于宗教的应对策略则可能是一种保护因素。
