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The relationship between childhood violence exposure and juvenile antisocial behavior: a meta-analytic review
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 07/01/09

Wilson HW et al. - Effect size varied across studies employing different methodologies, populations, and conceptualizations of violence exposure and antisocial behavior. These findings do not support a simple, direct link from early violence exposure to antisocial behavior but suggest that many factors influence this relationship.

Methods

This meta-analysis provides a quantitative comparison of 18 studies (N?=?18,245) assessing the relationship between childhood (before age 12) violence exposure and adolescent antisocial behavior.
An overall effect size (Cohen's d) was calculated for each study, an average for the 18 studies, and averages for subsets of analyses within studies.

Results

Results indicated a small effect from prospective studies (d?=?.31) and a large effect from cross-sectional studies (d?=?.88).
The effect for victimization (d?=?.61) was larger than for witnessing violence (d?=?.15).

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