دانلود مقاله ISI انگلیسی شماره 114760
ترجمه فارسی عنوان مقاله

ترس از جرایم خشونت آمیز و اضطراب / افسردگی در میان نوجوانان

عنوان انگلیسی
Fear of violent crime and anxiety/depression among adolescents
کد مقاله سال انتشار تعداد صفحات مقاله انگلیسی
114760 2017 7 صفحه PDF
منبع

Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)

Journal : Mental Health & Prevention, Volume 8, December 2017, Pages 39-45

ترجمه کلمات کلیدی
سلامت روان، ترس بلوغ، افسردگی،
کلمات کلیدی انگلیسی
Mental health; Fears; Adolescence; Depression;
پیش نمایش مقاله
پیش نمایش مقاله  ترس از جرایم خشونت آمیز و اضطراب / افسردگی در میان نوجوانان

چکیده انگلیسی

Fear of crime has been associated with mental health outcomes. Yet, causal relationships have not been established. We examined the relationship between fear and mental health while accounting for potential endogeneity. A sample of 2329 adolescents from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods dataset was analyzed to assess the effect of fear of neighborhood violent crime on anxiety/depression. Instrumental variable (IV) methods were used to address endogeneity. There is evidence that the estimated effect of fear on depressive symptoms does not suffer from endogeneity bias in single-equation models. Adolescents who were more fearful had higher anxiety/depression scores. In adjusted analyses, for each one unit increase in fear (in this case, a move from one level of fear to the next), anxiety/depression scores increased by 1.32 points. There is support for the hypothesis that fear of neighborhood violent crime caused an increase in anxiety/depression scores among adolescents. Many programs address exposure to violence as a potential cause of depression, however few address the fear of violent victimization as a cause. Interventions and services should address fear as a root cause of anxiety/depression among adolescents.