An exploration into the impact of exposure to community violence and hope on children's perceptions of well-being: a South African perspective

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dc.contributor.authorSavahl, Shazly
dc.contributor.authorIsaacs, Serena
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Sabirah
dc.contributor.authorCarels, Cassandra Zeta
dc.contributor.authorSeptember, Rose
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-05T07:46:53Z
dc.date.available2017-07-05T07:46:53Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe study aims to explore the relationship between exposure to community violence, hope, and well-being. More specifically, the study aims to ascertain whether hope is a stronger predictor of well-being than exposure to violence. Stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 566 adolescents aged 14–17 years, from both high violence and low violence areas in Cape Town, South Africa. A questionnaire consisting of Snyder’s Children’s Hope Scale, the Recent Exposure to Violence Scale and the KIDSCREEN-52 was used. Data analysis techniques included descriptive statistics, correlations, and multiple regression. A positive, significant relationship was found between children’s hope and their well-being. Although exposure to community violence was found to be significantly correlated with wellbeing, the relationship was negligible.While exposure to community violence and hope were found to be significant predictors of well-being, hope emerged as a stronger predictor of child well-being than exposure to community violence.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved list
dc.identifier.citationSavahl, S. et al. (2013). An exploration into the impact of exposure to community violence and hope on children's perceptions of well-being: a South African perspective. Child Indicators Research, 6: 579–592en_US
dc.identifier.issn1874-897X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3046
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-013-9183-9
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-013-9183-9
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCommunity violenceen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectHopeen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.titleAn exploration into the impact of exposure to community violence and hope on children's perceptions of well-being: a South African perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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