Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 August 2011
Robin M., Hartinger-Saunders , Barbara, Rittner , William, Wieczorek , Thomas, Nochajski , Christine M., Rine , …
The current study examined the relationship between the victimization of youth, psychological distress and subsequent offending. It examined whether direct and vicarious victimization by exposure to violence in the family, among peers, and in the neighborhood, significantly predicted psychological distress among study participants and whether psychological distress significantly predicted subsequent offending over time. In addition, it examined the extent (if any) to which psychological distress mediated the relationship between victimization and subsequent offending. Method: Study data are from wave 1 and wave 2 of The Buffalo Longitudinal Study of Young Men (BLSYM), a population based sample (n=625) of young men,…
Highlights: ► Personal, vicarious victimization by exposure to violence among peers, and perception of neighborhood safety were significant predictors of offending at wave 1. ► Personal and property victimization were significant predictors of psychological distress. ► Psychological distress did not have a significant relationship with offending at wave 1 yet, it did at wave 2. ► Vicarious victimization by exposure to violence among peers and offending at wave 1 were all significant predictors of offending at wave 2.