Psychosocial Outcomes in Violently-Injured Youth: A Systematic Review

Purpose: Community violence is recognized as a vicious cycle and an increasingly important public health concern. This review aims to summarize recent literature describing pertinent psychosocial outcomes associated with violent victimization of youth. An understanding of strengths and gaps in this body of literature may guide future research and inform the design and evaluation of interventions going forward. Methods: A systematic review was performed via electronic searches of OVID/Medline, Scopus, Eric, and …