Community violence exposure, social cognition, and aggression among urban elementary school children.

By N. Guerra, L. Rowell Huesmann, A. Spindler, Rowell Huesmann, D. Henry, P. Tolan, Richard H. Acker. Child Development, 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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I3 Theory: Instigating, impelling, and inhibiting factors in aggression (2011, background): “…discussed above, distal inhibitory factors such as prevalent social norms also seem to influence aggressive behavior (Cohen, Chapter 7, this volume; Guerra et al., 2002; Sampson, Raudenbush, & Earls, 1997), which hints at the possibility that large-scale social interventions could potentially…”
The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students* (2020, background): “However, these acts are nevertheless a form of violence, exposure to which is associated with detrimental changes in cognitive functioning (Guerra et al., 2003; Sharkey et al., 2012), propensity towards violence (Widom, 1989; Miguel et al.”
Community Violence Exposure and Aggression among Urban Adolescents: Testing a Cognitive Mediator Model. (2009, background): “These social cognitions become more stable and influential as children enter adolescence (Guerra et al., 2003), yet interventions could be targeted to address cognitive, as well as community factors.”
Weapons and violence: A review of theory and research (2009, background): “Penultimately, the authors describe the role of ‘scripting’ in violent outcomes, similar to Harding's (1993) assertions about the role of socialization, these ‘scripts’ represent a series of learned actions that are accessed during violent situations and influence individual behavior.”
Human aggression: A social-cognitive view (2003, background): “to lead to the development of beliefs and scripts supporting aggression (Guerra et al., 2002).”
Community violence: A meta-analysis on the effect of exposure and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents (2009, background): “These findings may reflect the effect of community violence on social–cognition (Guerra et al., 2003; Ng-Mak et al., 2002; Schwab-Stone et al., 1999).”
Future Orientation as a Protective Factor for African American Adolescents Exposed to Community Violence (2015, methodology): “In addition, it is possible that the aggressive behaviors assessed with the Illinois Bully Scale may reflect behaviors that are associated with more normative beliefs about aggression (Guerra et al., 2003).”
Why Observing Violence Increases the Risk of Violent Behavior by the Observer (2007, methodology): “A very similar analysis technique was used by Guerra, Huesmann, and Spindler (2003) to demonstrate a longitudinal effect of exposure to neighborhood violence on serious aggressive behavior in children.”
How Much Does School Matter? An Examination of Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration (2008, methodology): “To expand on social learning theory, the cognitive-ecological model ( Guerra et al. 2003 ) was used to explain how behaviors learned in the household may extend into other relationships and be strengthened or weakened by the school environment.”