University of Washington.
University of Pittsburgh.
J Res Adolesc. 2018 Mar;28(1):229-244. doi: 10.1111/jora.12328. Epub 2017 Jun 23.
Although community violence is an established risk factor for youth aggression, less research has examined its relation with internalizing psychopathology. This study examined associations of community violence exposure with internalizing symptoms, and state and trait emotion dysregulation as mechanisms underlying these associations, in 287 adolescents aged 16-17 (45.6% male; 40.8% White). Community violence exposure was associated with internalizing symptoms, negative affect during peer evaluation, trait emotional reactivity, and infrequent problem solving. Multiple emotion dysregulation indices were also associated with internalizing symptoms. In simultaneous multiple mediator models, indirect effects of community violence on internalizing problems were significantly explained by state and trait emotion dysregulation. Findings implicate emotion dysregulation as one mechanism linking community violence exposure to adolescent internalizing symptoms.
虽然社区暴力是青少年攻击行为的既定风险因素，但对其与内化心理病理学的关系的研究较少。本研究调查了社区暴力暴露与内化症状的关联，以及状态和特质情绪失调作为这些关联的潜在机制，研究对象为 16-17 岁的 287 名青少年（45.6%为男性；40.8%为白人）。社区暴力暴露与内化症状、同伴评价时的负面情绪、特质情绪反应性和解决问题不频繁有关。多个情绪失调指标也与内化症状相关。在同时进行的多重中介模型中，社区暴力对内化问题的间接影响可以通过状态和特质情绪失调来解释。研究结果表明，情绪失调是将社区暴力暴露与青少年内化症状联系起来的一个机制。
