Participants consisted of 68 families with a 8 — 9 year old child with SB at T1 (37 boys, 31 girls, M age = 8.34) and a demographically matched sample of 68 families with an 8 - to 9 - year - old able - bodied child (37 boys, 31 girls, M age = 8.49), all of whom were part of a larger longitudinal study
investigating family relationships and
psychosocial adjustment in children and adolescents with SB (Holmbeck et al., 2003; Holmbeck, Coakley, Hommeyer, Shapera, & Westhoven, 2002; Holmbeck et al., 2002; Holmbeck, Shapera et al., 2002).
This study
investigated associations of contextual variables of risk (stressful events and exposure to community violence), variables of protection (family environment, connectivity to the school and community perceptions) and demographic variables (gender and age) with indicators of
psychosocial adjustment (self - esteem, involvement in illegal activities and alcohol use in past month) among adolescents.