| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Individual, Family, and Community Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA;2. School of Education, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA;3. School of Psychology, University College Dublin and Centre for Identity and Intergroup Relations in the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Centre for Identity, Intergroup Relations in the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK |
| Abstract: | We examined the direct and interactive effects of community violence and both family cohesion and conflict on collective efficacy and aggressive behaviours among immigrant young adults. Participants included 221 young adults (ages 18–26; mean age = 21.36; 45.7% female, 190 born outside the U.S.) who completed self-report measures of their exposure to neighbourhood violence, social cohesion, collective efficacy and prosocial behaviours toward friends and strangers. Results, in general, showed that community violence and family cohesion were positively associated with collective efficacy whereas community violence and family conflict were positively associated with aggressive behaviours. Family cohesion and conflict also moderated the links between community violence and aggressive behaviours. Discussion focuses on the interplay of community and family processes and the relations to adjustment of immigrant young adults. |
