BETWEEN POVERTY AND VIOLENCE: HOW DO DAILY STRESSORS AND EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE AFFECT ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN A WAR ZONE?
ENTRE POBREZA Y VIOLENCIA: ¿CÓMO AFECTAN LOS ESTRESORES DIARIOS Y LA VIOLENCIA A ADOLESCENTES EN ZONAS DE GUERRA?
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depresión ansiedad adolescencia resiliencia República Democratica del Congo depression anxiety adolescence resilience Democratic Republic of Congo |
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https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/69
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/2791 |
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| author | Mels, Cindy |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Mels, Cindy |
| dc.date.accessioned.none.fl_str_mv | 2023-08-31T18:51:42Z |
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| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2012-11-30 |
| dc.description.en-US.fl_txt_mv | The negative effects of the violence suffered in situations of armed conflict on psychological functioning are well established. Nonetheless, it is considered that concrete psychological reactions result for the interaction of various risk and protective factors. This article focuses on two risk factors – the exposure to violent events and daily stressors – and their relationship with internalizing conducts (depression and anxiety) in adolescents living in a war zone. Through a clustered sample comprising 13 secondary schools in 4 selected zones in Ituri, a province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we gathered data in 991 pupils (13 to 21 years). By means of self-informed questionnaires we collected data on the variables sex, age, exposure to violence, daily stressors, internalizing and externalizing behaviors. We found boys and older adolescents to be most exposed to violence. Older adolescents reported more daily stressors compared to their younger peers, yet there was no difference by age. An interaction effect between exposure to violence and daily stressors predicted internalizing behaviors. Moreover, girls reported more internalizing problems than boys when daily stressors accumulated. We conclude that daily stressors are associated with higher symptom levels of internalizing behavior problems, particularly in girls, while the exposure to violence increases the effect. Despite violence suffered, the reduction of daily stressors in the life of adolescents affected by war could promote resilience and minimize to a certain extent the psychological symptoms caused by the stress accumulated by war. |
| dc.description.es-ES.fl_txt_mv | Se ha establecido científicamente que la violencia sufrida en situaciones de guerra afecta negativamente al funcionamiento psicológico de las víctimas, no obstante, se supone que es el conjunto de varios factores de riesgo y factores protectores los que determinan las reacciones concretas. Este artículo se enfocará en dos factores de riesgo –la exposición a eventos violentos y los estresores diarios– y su relación con conductas internalizadas (depresión y ansiedad) en adolescentes viviendo en una zona de guerra. A través de un muestreo por conglomerados comprendiendo 13 colegios en 4 zonas seleccionadas en Ituri, una provincia en el noreste de la República Democrática del Congo, se encuestan 991 alumnos (13 a 21 años) por medio de cuestionarios de auto-informe, revelando datos sobre las variables sexo, edad, exposición a la violencia, estresores diarios, conductas internalizadas y externalizadas. Se encontró que los adolescentes varones resultaron más expuestos a la violencia que las adolescentes mujeres. La exposición a eventos violentos también se diferenció según la edad, en ambos sexos. A su vez, los adolescentes mayores, tanto varones como mujeres, reportaron más estresores diarios que sus pares de menor edad. Un efecto de interacción entre la exposición a la violencia y estresores diarios predijo comportamientos internalizados a medida que ambas variables se acumulaban. Además, las adolescentes mujeres, mostraron más conductas internalizadas bajo la acumulación de estresores diarios que los adolescentes varones. Concluimos que los estresores diarios están asociados con mayores niveles de conductas internalizadas, sobre todo en adolescentes mujeres, y que la exposición a la violencia aumenta el efecto. A pesar de la violencia sufrida, la reducción de estresores diarios en la vida de adolescentes afectados por la guerra, podría promover su resiliencia y minimizar en cierta medida los síntomas psicológicos causados por el estrés acumulado durante la guerra. |
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| dc.source.en-US.fl_str_mv | Ciencias Psicológicas; 2012; Volumen 6 (2); 111-122 |
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| dc.subject.en-US.fl_str_mv | depression anxiety adolescence resilience Democratic Republic of Congo |
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| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | BETWEEN POVERTY AND VIOLENCE: HOW DO DAILY STRESSORS AND EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE AFFECT ADOLESCENTS LIVING IN A WAR ZONE? ENTRE POBREZA Y VIOLENCIA: ¿CÓMO AFECTAN LOS ESTRESORES DIARIOS Y LA VIOLENCIA A ADOLESCENTES EN ZONAS DE GUERRA? |
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| description | The negative effects of the violence suffered in situations of armed conflict on psychological functioning are well established. Nonetheless, it is considered that concrete psychological reactions result for the interaction of various risk and protective factors. This article focuses on two risk factors – the exposure to violent events and daily stressors – and their relationship with internalizing conducts (depression and anxiety) in adolescents living in a war zone. Through a clustered sample comprising 13 secondary schools in 4 selected zones in Ituri, a province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we gathered data in 991 pupils (13 to 21 years). By means of self-informed questionnaires we collected data on the variables sex, age, exposure to violence, daily stressors, internalizing and externalizing behaviors. We found boys and older adolescents to be most exposed to violence. Older adolescents reported more daily stressors compared to their younger peers, yet there was no difference by age. An interaction effect between exposure to violence and daily stressors predicted internalizing behaviors. Moreover, girls reported more internalizing problems than boys when daily stressors accumulated. We conclude that daily stressors are associated with higher symptom levels of internalizing behavior problems, particularly in girls, while the exposure to violence increases the effect. Despite violence suffered, the reduction of daily stressors in the life of adolescents affected by war could promote resilience and minimize to a certain extent the psychological symptoms caused by the stress accumulated by war. |
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| spelling | Mels, Cindy2012-11-302023-08-31T18:51:42Z2023-08-31T18:51:42Zhttps://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/6910.22235/cp.v6i1.69https://hdl.handle.net/10895/2791The negative effects of the violence suffered in situations of armed conflict on psychological functioning are well established. Nonetheless, it is considered that concrete psychological reactions result for the interaction of various risk and protective factors. This article focuses on two risk factors – the exposure to violent events and daily stressors – and their relationship with internalizing conducts (depression and anxiety) in adolescents living in a war zone. Through a clustered sample comprising 13 secondary schools in 4 selected zones in Ituri, a province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we gathered data in 991 pupils (13 to 21 years). By means of self-informed questionnaires we collected data on the variables sex, age, exposure to violence, daily stressors, internalizing and externalizing behaviors. We found boys and older adolescents to be most exposed to violence. Older adolescents reported more daily stressors compared to their younger peers, yet there was no difference by age. An interaction effect between exposure to violence and daily stressors predicted internalizing behaviors. Moreover, girls reported more internalizing problems than boys when daily stressors accumulated. We conclude that daily stressors are associated with higher symptom levels of internalizing behavior problems, particularly in girls, while the exposure to violence increases the effect. Despite violence suffered, the reduction of daily stressors in the life of adolescents affected by war could promote resilience and minimize to a certain extent the psychological symptoms caused by the stress accumulated by war.Se ha establecido científicamente que la violencia sufrida en situaciones de guerra afecta negativamente al funcionamiento psicológico de las víctimas, no obstante, se supone que es el conjunto de varios factores de riesgo y factores protectores los que determinan las reacciones concretas. Este artículo se enfocará en dos factores de riesgo –la exposición a eventos violentos y los estresores diarios– y su relación con conductas internalizadas (depresión y ansiedad) en adolescentes viviendo en una zona de guerra. A través de un muestreo por conglomerados comprendiendo 13 colegios en 4 zonas seleccionadas en Ituri, una provincia en el noreste de la República Democrática del Congo, se encuestan 991 alumnos (13 a 21 años) por medio de cuestionarios de auto-informe, revelando datos sobre las variables sexo, edad, exposición a la violencia, estresores diarios, conductas internalizadas y externalizadas. Se encontró que los adolescentes varones resultaron más expuestos a la violencia que las adolescentes mujeres. La exposición a eventos violentos también se diferenció según la edad, en ambos sexos. A su vez, los adolescentes mayores, tanto varones como mujeres, reportaron más estresores diarios que sus pares de menor edad. Un efecto de interacción entre la exposición a la violencia y estresores diarios predijo comportamientos internalizados a medida que ambas variables se acumulaban. Además, las adolescentes mujeres, mostraron más conductas internalizadas bajo la acumulación de estresores diarios que los adolescentes varones. Concluimos que los estresores diarios están asociados con mayores niveles de conductas internalizadas, sobre todo en adolescentes mujeres, y que la exposición a la violencia aumenta el efecto. 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