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Exposure To Parental Conflict And Anxiety In Justice-Involved Youth, Logan B. Ewing
Exposure To Parental Conflict And Anxiety In Justice-Involved Youth, Logan B. Ewing
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The purpose of this study was to explore the link between exposure to domestic violence (DV) and the presence of symptoms of anxiety in a population of justice-involved juveniles. The categories of DV were broken down into verbal abuse and physical abuse, along with a third category of juveniles that witnessed both forms of abuse within their households. This study compared the prevalence of anxiety in juveniles when faced with the different instances of DV through the use of data collected from a longitudinal study conducted by the Pathways to Desistance Project. The goal of the study was to further …