title: Early adolescents exposed to violence: hope and vulnerability to victimization.
abstract: Eighty-nine early adolescents were measured for perceptions of hope, exposure to violence, and perceived vulnerability to victimization. Results showed the presence of high hope, together with a high degree of exposure to violence. The adolescents were about equally divided regarding the nature of their own death, while most predicted a violent death for the "average American." The highest levels of hope were reported by those who had witnessed violence but not experienced it personally; those with the greatest exposure to violence predicted their own death would be violent.
authors.affiliation: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hinton-Nelson
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D014754:Violence