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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship

Award Information

Awardee
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of
Award #
2019-R2-CX-0009
Funding Category
Competitive
Location

Philadelphia, PA

Awardee County
Philadelphia
Congressional District
3
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
Total funding (to date)
$50,000
Original Solicitation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2019, $50,000)

The proposed dissertation research seeks to study the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on gang involvement. The applicant proposes to use the Pittsburgh Youth Study that collected waves of data on over 1,500 randomly selected youth from 1st grade through the age of 35, from 1987-2010. A latent class analysis (LCA) will be performed to create typologies of various ACEs and its relationship to youth gang membership. The key ACE factors to be studied are abuse, neglect, parental incarceration, bullying, and environmental dangers. The LCA will help identify how certain ACEs, or combinations of ACEs, influence gang membership.

"Note: This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law," and complies with Part 200 Uniform Requirements - 2 CFR 200.210(a)(14). CA/NCF

Date Created: September 13, 2019