Journal article
Geospatial Ecology of Adolescent Problem Behavior: Contributions of Community Factors and Parental Monitoring
Journal of community psychology, Vol.42(3), pp.299-315
04/2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114773
PMCID: PMC4376491
PMID: 25825548
Abstract
Addressed the ecology of deviant peer involvement, antisocial behavior and alcohol use, utilizing publically available information for indices of community risk/protective factors. A geospatial model was developed, combining geographic data (census, crime proximity, race/ethnicity, transportation accessibility) with information gathered for individual adolescents/household, geo-coded by home address. Adolescent-report of delinquency, association with deviant peers, substance use, and parental monitoring was obtained, along with parent-report of demographic characteristics. Deviant peer involvement was predicted by the Crime Proximity Index, with closeness of crime being associated with more deviant peer affiliation, as well as the Transportation Index, with greater accessibility leading to more involvement with troubled peers. Antisocial behaviors also increased with greater access to transportation. Adolescent alcohol use was lower in communities with a higher proportion of a non-Caucasian population, and increased with greater transportation access. Adolescent outcomes were associated with different prediction models, yet parental monitoring emerged as a consistent contributing factor.
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- Title
- Geospatial Ecology of Adolescent Problem Behavior: Contributions of Community Factors and Parental Monitoring
- Creators
- Maria Gartstein - Washington State University, P.O. Box 644820, Pullman, WA 99164-4820Erich Seamon - Regional Approaches to Climate Change for Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH), University of Idaho, Agric. Sci. 242A, Moscow, ID 83844-2339Thomas J Dishion - Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104
- Publication Details
- Journal of community psychology, Vol.42(3), pp.299-315
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900548322301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article