RT Article
T1 Associations Among Trauma Exposure, Callous-Unemotionality, Race or Ethnicity, and Gang Involvement in Justice-Involved Youth
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 47
IS 4
SP 457
OP 469
A1 Mendez, Lucybel
A2 Kerig, Patricia
A2 Mozley, Michaela M.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767329563
AB The current study examined the association between trauma exposure and gang involvement and whether these interrelations were explained by callous-unemotionality (CU). In addition, the current study examined whether the associations among these variables differed based on race or ethnicity. A sample of 829 justice-involved youth (74% boys, 45% participants of color) recruited from a detention center completed self-report measures of trauma exposure, CU, and gang involvement. A moderated mediation analysis indicated that CU helped explain the association between trauma exposure and gang involvement for non-Hispanic White participants only. In contrast, the direct association between trauma exposure and gang involvement was significant across racial or ethnic groups. These findings highlight the importance of a trauma-informed perspective on intervening and preventing gang involvement among youth.
K1 CU
K1 Gang involvement
K1 Justice-involved youth
K1 racial or ethnic groups
K1 trauma exposure
DO 10.1177/0093854819897940