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The role of social support in reducing the impact of violence on adolescents’ mental health in São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson
  • Ligia Kiss
  • Delan Devakumar
  • Mario Cortina-Borja
  • Manuel Eisner
  • Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres

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Objectives: We investigated whether perceived social support among adolescent students moderated the association between violence exposure and internalising symptoms in São Paulo city, Brazil. Methods: We tested the stress-buffering model using data from the cross-sectional school-based, survey São Paulo Project on the Social Development of Children and Adolescents. Internalising symptoms were measured using an adapted version of the Social Behaviour Questionnaire; serious victimisation, being bullied once/week, school violence and community violence, friend and teacher support were scales adapted by the research team; the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire measured parenting style. Linear mixed-effects models were used to quantify moderation effects of (i) social support between violence exposure and internalising symptoms and (ii) gender between violence exposure and internalising symptoms across schools. Results: Across schools, being bullied once/week, school violence, and community violence were associated with a significant (p

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  • Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson & Ligia Kiss & Delan Devakumar & Mario Cortina-Borja & Manuel Eisner & Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, 2021. "The role of social support in reducing the impact of violence on adolescents’ mental health in São Paulo, Brazil," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(10), pages 1-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0258036
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258036
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