Community Violence as a Mediator between African American Adolescent Males’ Personal Challenges and Antisocial Behaviors
African American Male Students in PreK-12 Schools: Informing Research, Policy, and Practice
ISBN: 978-1-78350-783-2
Publication date: 16 July 2014
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the linkages between negative life events (e.g., exposure to community violence and personal challenges) and antisocial behaviors. The participants are 170 African American male adolescents, who resided in urban communities in the United States. The results supported the hypothesis that exposure to community violence mediates the relation between African American male youth’s personal challenges and antisocial behaviors. Thus, the personal challenges that many African American males face may have direct linkages to antisocial behaviors. But, without examining the context in which African American adolescent males grow up, an incomplete story is chronicled.
Citation
Cunningham, M., Barry, K.M. and Corprew, C.S. (2014), "Community Violence as a Mediator between African American Adolescent Males’ Personal Challenges and Antisocial Behaviors", African American Male Students in PreK-12 Schools: Informing Research, Policy, and Practice (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-231720140000002026
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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