Talking about the silent fear: adolescents' experiences of violence in an urban high-rise community.
The self-reported violent experiences of adolescents living in a public-subsidized urban high-rise building were examined. This effort was part of an interdisciplinary, community-university collaboration program called the HOME (High-rise On-site Multifamily Environments) Family Support Project. A survey of violent experiences and a one-on-one structured interview were conducted with 20 adolescent residents. Results of the quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed high degrees of exposure to violence among these adolescents, concerns for their personal safety, as well as insights into what they believe adults could and should be doing to address increasing levels of community violence. The implications of these results for conducting ecologically valid research on sensitive issues with adolescents and for family support program planning are discussed.
Sweatt
Lisa
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Psychology and Child Development Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407, USA. lsweatt@calpoly.edu
Harding
Carol G
CG
Knight-Lynn
Laura
L
Rasheed
Saba
S
Carter
Paulette
P
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*