title: Caregiver and Adolescent Discrepancies in Perceptions of Violence and Their Associations with Early Adolescent Aggression.
abstract: This article examined the role of caregiver messages about violence and exposure to neighborhood violence on adolescent aggression in light of research regarding discrepancies between parents and their children. Drawing upon data from an urban African American sample of 144 caregiver/early adolescent dyads (M = 12.99; SD = 0.93; 58.7 % female) we examined covariates of discrepancies between caregiver and adolescent reports of perceptions of violence as well as their association with adolescent aggression. Analyses suggested that concordance in perceptions of violence was associated with children's attitudes about violence and caregivers' perceptions of family communication. Structural equation modeling indicated a unique role for individual perceptions and suggested that agreement in awareness of neighborhood violence could be protective for early adolescent involvement in aggression.
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, PO Box 873701, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA. sarahlj@asu.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindstrom Johnson
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, PO Box 873701, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reichenberg
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Bavaro Hall, 112D, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.affiliation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 7B13P, MSC7510, Rockville, MD, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Denise L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Haynie
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, 200 North Wolfe Street, Suite 2055, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Tina L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Discrepancies; Parents; Structural equation modeling; Violence