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Urban Adolescent Mothers Exposed to Community, Family, and Partner Violence

Is Cumulative Violence Exposure a Barrier to School Performance and Participation?

Michigan State University, kenne258{at}msu.edu

Larry Bennett

University of Illinois at Chicago

Using a risk and resilience perspective, the authors assessed urban adolescent mothers’ exposure to community, family, and partner violence and analyzed the relationships between cumulative violence exposure and multiple school outcomes, within the context of welfare reforms. Positive attitude toward school and social support were examined as moderators of violence exposure on school outcomes. The authors pilot tested the questionnaire with 10 participants, then surveyed 120 adolescent mothers regarding their violence exposure, school performance and participation, positive attitude toward school, and social support. Results indicate very high rates of lifetime exposure to violence; intercorrelations and regression analyses indicate that as violence exposure increases, school outcomes tend to worsen, with positive attitude toward school found to be a significant moderator of the effects of exposure to community violence on behavior problems in school. Implications for researchers, practitioners, school policies and programs, and welfare policies and programs conclude the article.

Key Words: adolescent mothers • community violence • family violence • partner violence • risk and resilience

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 21, No. 6, 750-773 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506287314


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