Community Violence

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Community Violence

Stacy Overstreet

Tulane University

Research Areas:

Mental health

Resilience

Trauma

E-mail: soverst@tulane.edu

Website: http://tulane.edu/sse/psyc/faculty-and-staff/faculty/overstreet.cfm

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Program Focus:

This line of research examines the impact of community violence on youth development, including mental health and academic functioning.

Guiding Theory:

Ecological theory.

Research Methods:

Survey assessment of violence exposure, PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, and social support. Record review of academic performance.

Publications:

Overstreet, S. & Braun, S. (1999). A preliminary examination of the relationship between exposure to community violence and academic performance. School Psychology Quarterly, 14, 380-396.

Overstreet, S. & Braun, S. (2000). Exposure to community violence and post-traumatic stress symptoms: Mediating factors. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70, 263-271.

Overstreet, S. (2000). Exposure to community violence: Defining the problem and understanding the consequences. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 9, 7-25.

Overstreet, S. & Mazza, J. (2003). An ecological-transactional understanding of community violence: Theoretical perspectives. School Psychology Quarterly, 18, 66-87.

Mathews, T., Dempsey, M., & Overstreet, S. (2009). Effects of exposure to community violence on school functioning: The mediating role of posttraumatic stress. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 586 – 591.

Research Areas:

Mental health

Resilience

Trauma

Research Topics:

Anxiety

Depression

Violence, school and community

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