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Dissertation
Feelings during the act of violent behavior among female adolescents and their relationship to exposure and experience of violence
1997
Overview
This study investigated feelings during the act of violent behavior and their relationship to exposure to and experience of violence. There were 171 subjects sampled, 83% of whom were African American/Black and Latina. Subjects were all female, were 14 to 19 years old, and were sampled from a public, urban high school. The violent group (N = 89) was determined by the number of violent behaviors endorsed (=$>$3). The instruments included Exposure to Community Violence (RM) (Richter & Martinez, 1990), Use of Violence and the Feeling During the Act of Violence Measure (Ashen, 1997), Children's Depression Inventory (Kovacs, 1985), Hopelessness Scale for Children (Kazdin, 1986), Nowicki and Strickland Locus of Control (1973), and expectancy of being alive at the age of 25 (DuRant, 1996). Data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation Coefficients. Results showed there to be a positive relationship between RM and amount of violent behavior. The relationship between feeling powerful during the act of violence and RM approached a positive, significant relationship. A positive relationship was demonstrated between feeling \"pumped up\" and \"powerful\" during the act of violence and exposure to and experience of violence. Exposure to or experience of violence was not related to the following feelings during the act of violence: sadness, helplessness, care about the future, and hatred for victims' weakness. It was found that the subjects used violence to feel powerful while combating hopelessness. In spite of such coping styles many of these girls did not expect to be alive at 25 years. When looking at specific items, it was found that during the act of gang, verbal, and physical violence female adolescents are most likely to report feeling powerful, pumped up, and respected by friends. They also reported not feeling at all weak, helpless and sad.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
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ISBN
0591367742, 9780591367744
