Longitudinal pathways between political violence and child adjustment: the role of emotional security about the community in Northern Ireland.

Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0364547 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-2835 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00910627 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Abnorm Child Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: New York, NY : Springer
Original Publication: Washington, Winston.

Emotions* ; Politics* ; Social Adjustment*; Family/*psychology ; Violence/*psychology; Adaptation, Psychological ; Adolescent ; Child ; Child Development ; Humans ; Interviews as Topic ; Longitudinal Studies ; Northern Ireland ; Psychology, Child ; Residence Characteristics ; Social Environment

Links between political violence and children's adjustment problems are well-documented. However, the mechanisms by which political tension and sectarian violence relate to children's well-being and development are little understood. This study longitudinally examined children's emotional security about community violence as a possible regulatory process in relations between community discord and children's adjustment problems. Families were selected from 18 working class neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Participants (695 mothers and children, M = 12.17, SD = 1.82) were interviewed in their homes over three consecutive years. Findings supported the notion that politically-motivated community violence has distinctive effects on children's externalizing and internalizing problems through the mechanism of increasing children's emotional insecurity about community. Implications are considered for understanding relations between political violence and child adjustment from a social ecological perspective.

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Date Created: 20100915 Date Completed: 20110705 Latest Revision: 20211020

20221213

PMC3677545

10.1007/s10802-010-9457-3

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