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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.

• 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 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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