, hopelessness, hostility, moral reasoning, perceptions of self, responsibility, self-efficacy, impulse control, self-esteem, empathy, and social consciousness
             - concentration, aggressive behavior, conflict resolution skills, drug and alcohol use, handgun access, leisure activity, parental control, social competence, social problem solving skills, victimization, disciplinary and delinquent behavior.
             - exposure to violence, family environment (adaptability, bonding, cohesion, relationships), quality of life, quality of neighborhood
             One of the psychological and cognitive assessments we choose to look at is self esteem. Self-esteem has been viewed in different ways. Block and Robins (1993) have viewed it as a global entity: "we view self-esteem as the extent to which one perceives oneself as relatively close to being the person one wants to be and/or as relatively distant from being the kind of person one does not want to be, with respect to person-qualities one positively and negatively values". Self concept theory has stressed that self-esteem is an attitude about oneself as a whole (global self-esteem) as well as one's functioning in specific areas of concern to oneself (specific self-esteem).
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