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Publication Date: 2005-May
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Family and Child Characteristics Linking Neighborhood Context and Child Externalizing Behavior
Roosa, Mark W.; Deng, Shiying; Ryu, Ehri; Lockhart Burrell, Ginger; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Jones, Sarah; Lopez, Vera; Crowder, Sakina
Journal of Marriage and Family, v67 n2 p515-529 May 2005
Neighborhood conditions are related to children's externalizing behavior, although few processes that help explain this association have been identified. With data from 189 primarily low-income Anglo and Mexican American families, we tested a stress process model that included 3 potential mediators of this relationship. The results showed that child stressful life events, association with deviant peers, and parent-child conflict mediated the relationship between neighborhood context and child externalizing behavior when household income and maternal depression were controlled. The model explained more than 25% of the variance in externalizing behavior. Furthermore, differences in results for families with a U.S.-born versus Mexico-born mother showed that neighborhood influences on families and children may be quite complex.
Descriptors: Income, Mexican Americans, Depression (Psychology), Neighborhoods, Low Income Groups, Cultural Differences, Mothers, Children, Peer Influence, Community Influence
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Language: English
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