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POPULARITY IN THE PEER GROUP AND EXPOSURE TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE DURING ADOLESCENCE
by
Brynn M. Kelly
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PSYCHOLOGY)
August 2011
Copyright 2011 Brynn M. Kelly
Object Description
| Title | Popularity in the peer group and exposure to community violence during adolescence |
| Author | Kelly, Brynn M. |
| Author email | brynnkelly@yahoo.ca;bkelly@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-05-03 |
| Date submitted | 2011-07-06 |
| Date approved | 2011-07-06 |
| Restricted until | 2011-07-06 |
| Date published | 2011-07-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schwartz, David |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Margolin, Gayla Huey, Stanley, Jr. Manis, Franklin Rueda, Robert |
| Abstract | This paper describes a short-term longitudinal study of the relation between popularity in the peer group and community violence exposure among 335 adolescents (mean age of 14.67 years at Time 1) attending a semi-urban Los Angeles area high school. We used a multi-informant approach to assess popularity, community violence exposure, social preference, aggression, and academic performance. Data were collected annually for two consecutive school years. Popularity predicted concurrent levels of community violence exposure during both years of the study, and analyses indicated that these concurrent relations were partially mediated by aggressive behavior and diminished academic performance. We did not find support for gender as a moderator of the link between popularity and community violence exposure. Longitudinal analyses showed that community violence exposure and popularity were highly stable from one year to the next. Consequently, we did not find support for our hypothesis that popularity would predict increases in community violence exposure over time. Similarly, we did not find support for an alternative hypothesis that community violence exposure might predict increases in popularity. The implications of these findings are discussed. |
| Keyword | community violence; popularity; aggression; academic performance; peer relations; social adjustment |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Kelly, Brynn M. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-KellyBrynn-47.pdf |
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| Full text | POPULARITY IN THE PEER GROUP AND EXPOSURE TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE DURING ADOLESCENCE by Brynn M. Kelly A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PSYCHOLOGY) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Brynn M. Kelly |
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