Exposure to Community Violence, Psychopathology, and Personality Traits in Russian Youth
Table 1
Prevalence of different types of community violence exposure by sample and by gender (%).
In the past two years
General population
Delinquents
Chi-square
I have seen…
Girls
Boys
Someone else getting beaten up or muggedb,c
94 (26.3)
51 (27.1)
189 (54.0)
68.41;
Someone else get threatened with serious physical harma,b,c
78 (21.8)
57 (30.2)
157 (45.0)
43.64;
Someone else get shot or shot at with a gunb,c
12 (3.4)
8 (4.2)
57 (16.3)
43.38;
Someone else being attacked or stabbed with a knifea,b,c
18 (5.0)
15 (7.9)
92 (26.4)
74.35;
Someone else being chased by gangs or individualsa,b,c
38 (10.6)
32 (16.9)
100 (28.6)
37.60;
A seriously wounded person after an incident of violencea,b,c
27 (7.6)
33 (17.5)
91 (26.1)
43.18;
I have been…
Beaten up or muggeda,b,c
17 (4.8)
27 (14.3)
133 (37.9)
127.13;
Threatened with serious physical harm by someonea,b,c
37 (10.4)
31 (16.4)
147 (42.5)
106.88;
Shot or shot at with a gunb,c
3 (.8)
2 (1.1)
34 (9.7)
39.67;
Attacked or stabbed with a knifeb,c
3 (.8)
4 (2.1)
74 (21.1)
102.35;
Chased by gangs or individualsb,c
51 (14.3)
22 (11.6)
82 (23.4)
15.23;
Seriously wounded in an incident of violenceb,c
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19 (5.4)
30.28;
aSignificant differences between girls and boys from the community sample; bsignificant differences between girls from the community sample and delinquent boys; csignificant differences between boys from the community and delinquent boys.