@Article{IJMHP.2018.010839,
AUTHOR = {Tao Li, Che Tong Nah, Fei Feng},
TITLE = {Community Violence Exposure, Experiential Avoidance and Depression in Chinese Adolescents},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {20},
YEAR = {2018},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {67--74},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v20n2/38506},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {This study aimed to investigate the link between community violence 
exposure, experiential avoidance and depression among Chinese adolescents. A 
total of 468 middle school students from China completed the Survey of 
Children’s Exposure to Community Violence, Acceptance and Action 
Questionnaire-Second Edition (AAQ-II) and Children’s Depression Inventory
(CDI). The results suggested that the depression was positively correlated with 
the level of community violence exposure and experiential avoidance, and 
community violence exposure was positively correlated with experiential 
avoidance. Mediation analysis revealed that experiential avoidance partially 
mediated the association between exposure to community violence and 
depression. These results suggest that educators and parents can help adolescents
prevent or reduce the happening of depression by reducing their risk of exposure 
to community violence and decreasing experiential avoidance.},
DOI = {10.32604/IJMHP.2018.010839}
}