Exposure to Domestic and Community Violence and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents

Silva, Doralúcia Gil da; Dell'Aglio, Débora Dalbosco

doi:10.1590/1982-43272665201603

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ARTICLES • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 26 (65) • Sep-Dec 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272665201603 copy

Exposure to Domestic and Community Violence and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents ¹ 1 Article derived from the master's thesis of the first author under the supervision of the second author, presented in 2015, in the Graduate Program in Psychology of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Exposição à Violência Intrafamiliar e Extrafamiliar e Bem-Estar Subjetivo em Adolescentes

Exposición a la Violencia Intrafamiliar y Extrafamiliar y Bienestar Subjetivo en Adolescentes

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Abstract

There is major exposure to domestic and community violence during adolescence, which has been negatively related to well-being. This work aimed to identify relationships between domestic and community violence and the levels of subjective well-being perceived by adolescents, considering sex and age. The participants were 426 adolescents from public schools in the south of Brazil; 62% were girls, with a mean age of 14.91 years old ( SD = 1.65), who answered one instrument about exposure to violence and another about well-being. Results indicated greater domestic violence exposure among girls and greater community exposure among boys. The age range from 16 to 18 years old was the most exposed to domestic violence. Boys reported greater well-being and less negative affect. Differences in violence exposure may be related to roles of gender in our society. Well-being promotion is highlighted as a resource for confronting violence among adolescents.

Keywords
adolescence; violence; subjective well-being

Variable		Male	Fem.	12 to 15 years	16 to 18 years
Intrafamily violence	M	0.46	0.75	0.51	0.83
Intrafamily violence	SD	0.77	1.09	0.98	0.99
Extrafamily violence	M	0.79	0.50	0.57	0.68
Extrafamily violence	SD	0.89	0.73	0.77	0.86
Total violence	M	1.26	1.25	1.08	1.52
Total violence	SD	1.39	1.56	1.44	1.55

	Life Satisfaction	Positive Affects	Negative Affects	Index of Well-Being
Raw score
Min.	100	16	14	69
Max.	256	70	63	311
M	199.60	50.91	24.77	225.72
SD	28.11	10.88	10.08	42.88
Standardized score
Min.	-1.52	-2.42	-0.86	-3.37
Max.	1.73	1.94	1.41	2.78
M	-0.008	-0.01	0.01	-0.009
SD	0.56	0.76	0.44	1.004

		Male	Female	12-15 years	16-18 years
Life Satisfaction	M	0.08	-0.05	0.004	-0.008
Life Satisfaction	SD	0.54	0.57	0.57	0.54
Positive Affects	M	0.03	-0.04	-0.01	-0.01
Positive Affects	SD	0.71	0.79	0.79	0.73
Negative Affects	M	-0.09	0.08	0.007	0.03
Negative Affects	SD	0.42	0.44	0.47	0.40
Index of Well-Being	M	0.16	-0.10	0.01	-0.02
Index of Well-Being	SD	0.93	1.02	1.04	0.93

	Positive Affects	Negative Affects	Life Satisfaction	Index of Well-being
Intrafamily violence	-.16^* * p = .01.	.34^* * p = .01.	-.32^* * p = .01.	-.32^* * p = .01.
Extrafamily violence	-.07	.26^* * p = .01.	-.24^* * p = .01.	-.23^* * p = .01.
Total violence	-.14^* * p = .01.	.36^* * p = .01.	-.35^* * p = .01.	-.34^* * p = .01.

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[1] *Correspondence address: Doralúcia Gil da Silva. Rua Ramiro Barcellos, 2600, sala 115. CEP 90035-003. Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. doralu.gil@gmail.com