NCJ Number
133809
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1991) Pages: 526-534
Date Published
1991
Length
9 pages
Annotation
Self-reported indicators of well-being, attitudes toward violence, use of violence, substance abuse, and running away were studied among 101 male and female 13-to 18-year-olds from residential or youth shelter settings and predominantly white, low-income, multiproblem backgrounds.
Abstract
It was hypothesized that experiencing physical abuse and observation of marital violence would be associated positively with and have an additive effect on the measures studied. Analysis of variance was used to compare four groups composed on the basis of exposure to physical abuse and/or marital violence. Males had a significantly higher sense of well-being and were more likely to approve of violence. Females in the sample were more likely to have run away. Sense of well-being, the only outcome variable associated with abuse status, was significantly lower among those who had been abused and had witnessed spouse abuse compared to the three other groups. 1 table and 21 references (Author abstract modified)