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Author: Shippee, Nathan
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1. Shippee, Nathan
Cumulative Exposure to Violence Predicting Risk and Rate of Future Violent Behavior
Presented: San Francisco CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2009
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Behavior, Violent; Bullying/Victimization; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Siblings; Social Contacts/Social Network

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper examines exposure to multiple experiences with crime and violence-- including bullying, witnessing gun violence, having acquaintances in gangs, and having gangs in the surrounding neighborhoods-- and how these risk factors accumulate to affect the risk and rate of future violence. Drawing from perspectives on cumulative adversity, and utilizing the 1997 and 2005 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study uses logistic and zero-inflated negative binomial models to assess the accumulation of exposure to violence. Important controls include recent gang membership of one's own in 2005 and recent binge drinking. Witnessing a shooting, particularly when the victim is a non-stranger, and having siblings in gangs in adolescence significantly increase the odds of engaging in future violence, while only witnessing a shooting significantly increases the rate of future violence. Adverse experiences with violence do indeed accumulate, with the highest-risk teens being those who have been exposed to shootings and to gangs in their social networks. Findings suggest that intervention for these youths should be a high priority, as the ubiquity of violence in their lives provides multiple instances in which to develop violent behavioral adaptations.
Bibliography Citation
Shippee, Nathan. "Cumulative Exposure to Violence Predicting Risk and Rate of Future Violent Behavior." Presented: San Francisco CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2009.
2. Shippee, Tetyana P.
Wilkinson, Lindsay R.
Schafer, Markus H.
Shippee, Nathan
Long-Term Effects of Age Discrimination on Mental Health: The Role of Perceived Financial Strain
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 16,3 (September 2018): 629-659.
Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-017-9371-3
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Gerontological Society of America
Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Discrimination, Age; Discrimination, Job; Family Income; Life Satisfaction; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis

Methods: Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women (1967–2003), we employ nested growth curve models to evaluate whether perceived age discrimination at work influences women's depressive symptoms and life satisfaction and whether perceived financial strain mediates this relationship.

Results: Women who experienced age discrimination had greater overall depressive symptoms but not after controlling for financial strain. We found evidence that age discrimination affected financial strain, which, in turn, increased women's depressive symptoms. Women who reported age discrimination had lower odds of being in higher categories of overall life satisfaction; financial strain partially mediated the relationship but age discrimination remained a significant predictor.

Bibliography Citation
Shippee, Tetyana P., Lindsay R. Wilkinson, Markus H. Schafer and Nathan Shippee. "Long-Term Effects of Age Discrimination on Mental Health: The Role of Perceived Financial Strain." Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 16,3 (September 2018): 629-659.