Violência em adolescentes escolares: exposição em violência comunitária, participação em violência juvenil e estratégias de evitação.

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Erika Barbosa dos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/3969
• topic: Adolescence; Community violence; Youth Violence; Coping strategy; Adolescência; Violência comunitária; Violência juvenil; Estratégia de enfrentamento; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA

Introduction: Adolescents have been the largest victims of community violence (VC) in Brazil and throughout the world. This age group presents the highest magnitudes of victimization in both lethal and non-lethal violence. At the same time as they are the biggest victims, participation in youth violence (VJ) has been showing high rates. Due to the high magnitudes and serious health consequences of young people, the study aimed to estimate the frequency of exposure to community violence and participation in juvenile violence among school adolescents in the IX RA of the city of RJ, as well as to study individual strategies of avoidance used by them. Methods: This is a school-based cross-sectional study of 702 adolescents with participant selection through complex sampling. Information regarding VC exposure, participation in VJ and use of individual avoidance strategies were collected through a multidimensional self-filled questionnaire in the classroom. Data analysis estimated the frequencies of CV exposure, VJ participation, and use of individual avoidance strategies in the sample as a whole and in certain population subgroups. The analyzes were performed in Stata 15 software. The highest frequencies of VC exposure and VJ participation were found in male adolescents who did not live with their parents. Economic classes A and B suffered more assaults, assaults, drug supply, threats, had a greater need to walk armed and took more on firearms. Class C, D, and E were more exposed to deadly violence, firearm threats, and involvement with delinquent peers. The percentages of the use of individual avoidance strategies showed that these are widely used, mainly by female adolescents. These findings call attention to the high magnitudes encountered and the need to implement policies that minimize the damage caused by exposure and discourage young people from engaging with violence. Having the school environment as a scenario can facilitate actions aimed at preventing and promoting coping strategies.