title: Correlates of parent-youth discordance about youth-witnessed violence: a brief report.
abstract: Studies have consistently demonstrated a lack of agreement between youth and parent reports regarding youth-witnessed violence (YWV). However, little empirical investigation has been conducted on the correlates of disagreement. Concordance between youth and parents about YWV was examined in 766 parent-youth dyads from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN). Results showed that significantly more youth (42%) than parents (15%) reported YWV. Among the dyads in which at least one informant reported YWV (N = 344), we assessed whether youth delinquency, parental monitoring, parent-child relationship quality, history of child maltreatment, income, and parental depression were predictive of parent-youth concordance. Findings indicated that youth engagement in delinquent activities was higher in the groups in which the youth reported violence exposure. More empirical study is needed to assess correlates of agreement in high-risk youth to better inform associations found between exposures and outcomes as well as practice and policy for violence exposed youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA. TerriLewis@uab.edu
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Juvenile Protective Association, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kotch
authors.affiliation: Judge Baker Children's Center Harvard Medical School, USA.
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, USA.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Litrownik
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Diana J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: English
authors.affiliation: The Kempe Center University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Desmond K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Runyan
authors.affiliation: Juvenile Protective Association, USA.
authors.forename: Tisha R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Wiley
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dubowitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report