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Deborah Gorman-Smith
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 77
Citations - 6698
Deborah Gorman-Smith is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Juvenile delinquency. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 77 publications receiving 6261 citations. Previous affiliations of Deborah Gorman-Smith include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & University of Illinois at Chicago.
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The role of exposure to community violence and developmental problems among inner-city youth.
TL;DR: Exposure to community violence was related to increases in aggressive behavior and depression over a 1-year period even after controlling for previous status.
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Exposure to community violence and violence perpetration: the protective effects of family functioning.
TL;DR: The study finds that youth from struggling families—those that consistently used poor parenting practices and had low levels of emotional cohesion—were more likely to be exposed to community violence, and finds a relation between exposure to violence and later violence perpetration.
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Standards of Evidence for Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Scale-up Research in Prevention Science: Next Generation.
Denise C. Gottfredson,Thomas D. Cook,Frances Gardner,Deborah Gorman-Smith,George W. Howe,Irwin N. Sandler,Kathryn M. Zafft +6 more
TL;DR: A committee to review and update standards of evidence for evidence related to research on prevention interventions reported on the results of this committee’s deliberations, summarizing changes made to the earlier standards and explaining the rationale for each change.
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The relation of family functioning to violence among inner-city minority youths.
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between family influences and participation in violent and nonviolent delinquent behavior was examined among a sample of 362 African American and Latino male adolescents living in the inner city and participants were classified into three groups: (a) nonoffenders, (b) nonviolent offenders, and (c) violent offenders.
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Cluster analysis in family psychology research.
TL;DR: This article discusses the use of cluster analysis in family psychology research, providing an overview of potential clustering methods, the steps involved in cluster analysis, hierarchical and nonhierarchical clustered methods, and validation and interpretation of cluster solutions.