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Collective Efficacy and the Contingent Consequences of Exposure to Life-Threatening Violence
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Browning, Christopher R.; Gardner, Margo; Maimon, David; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Neighborhood research has increasingly emphasized the potential for contextual characteristics to moderate the effects of youths' experiences on their outcomes. Drawing on collective efficacy theory, we examine the variable consequences of youths' exposures to life-threatening violence across neighborhoods. We argue that strong community normative…
Descriptors: Violence, Neighborhoods, Youth Problems, At Risk Persons
Adolescent Risk Factors for Binge Drinking during the Transition to Young Adulthood: Variable- and Pattern-Centered Approaches to Change.
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Schulenberg, John; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined the extent to which risk factors for concurrent binge drinking in adolescence can predict changes during transition to young adulthood. Found that being male, possessing low self-efficacy, and drinking primarily "to get drunk" were unconditional risk factors for increased binge drinking over time. Other adolescent risk factors…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse
The Developmental Ecology of Urban Males' Youth Violence.
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Tolan, Patrick H.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Tested a developmental-ecological model of violence using longitudinal data from poor, urban African American and Latino adolescent boys and caregivers. Found that community structural characteristics significantly predicted neighborhood social processes. Parenting practices partially mediated relationship between neighborhood social processes and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Black Youth, Hispanic American Students