The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment

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dc.contributor.advisorDawes, Andrewen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Ameliaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-04T10:39:48Z
dc.date.available2015-11-04T10:39:48Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigates the relationships between exposure to community violence, household demographic characteristics, social support , parenting attitudes and child/adolescent behavioural adjustment. Participants were drawn from two economically disadvantaged, high-violence neighbourhoods in the Western Cape. The total sample comprised 305 children aged between 9 and 16 years and their primary caregivers (N = 213) . Questionnaires were administered to children at primary and high schools . Caregivers were administered questionnaires in their homes by trained research assistants . Children completed the Survey of Exposure to Community Violence, the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale and the Social Support Scale for children. Caregivers completed a demographic questionnaire, the South African Child Assessment Schedule, the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory and the Social Support Questionnaire for caregivers. Analyses of variance and covariance, Pearson's Product-Moment correlations, and hierarchical multiple regression procedures were conducted to establish direct and indirect relationships between exposure to community violence, household demographic characteristics, social support, parenting attitudes and child/adolescent behavioural adjustment. The results of this study indicate strikingly few violence-related behavioural disturbances in children and adolescents . Other variables, particularly parenting attitudes and child social support were identified as the most important determinants of child and adolescent outcomes . The findings additionally indicate that parental social support mediates the relationship between parental attitudes and internalising symptoms in participating children and adolescents . The need to develop more complex and comprehensive models of community, parental and child factors contributing to child/adolescent outcomes in high-risk South African neighbourhood contexts is discussed.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Merwe, A. (2001). <i>The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14649en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Merwe, Amelia. <i>"The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14649en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Merwe, A. 2001. The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Merwe, Amelia AB - The present study investigates the relationships between exposure to community violence, household demographic characteristics, social support , parenting attitudes and child/adolescent behavioural adjustment. Participants were drawn from two economically disadvantaged, high-violence neighbourhoods in the Western Cape. The total sample comprised 305 children aged between 9 and 16 years and their primary caregivers (N = 213) . Questionnaires were administered to children at primary and high schools . Caregivers were administered questionnaires in their homes by trained research assistants . Children completed the Survey of Exposure to Community Violence, the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale and the Social Support Scale for children. Caregivers completed a demographic questionnaire, the South African Child Assessment Schedule, the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory and the Social Support Questionnaire for caregivers. Analyses of variance and covariance, Pearson's Product-Moment correlations, and hierarchical multiple regression procedures were conducted to establish direct and indirect relationships between exposure to community violence, household demographic characteristics, social support, parenting attitudes and child/adolescent behavioural adjustment. The results of this study indicate strikingly few violence-related behavioural disturbances in children and adolescents . Other variables, particularly parenting attitudes and child social support were identified as the most important determinants of child and adolescent outcomes . The findings additionally indicate that parental social support mediates the relationship between parental attitudes and internalising symptoms in participating children and adolescents . The need to develop more complex and comprehensive models of community, parental and child factors contributing to child/adolescent outcomes in high-risk South African neighbourhood contexts is discussed. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment TI - The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14649 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14649
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Merwe A. The relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustment. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14649en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherResearch Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe relationship between exposure to community violence, social support, parenting attitudes and child behavioural adjustmenten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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