Exploring the Meso-System: The Roles of Community, Family, and Peers in Adolescent Delinquency and Positive Youth Development

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Emilie Phillips; Faulk, Monique; Sizer, Monteic A.
Titel	Exploring the Meso-System: The Roles of Community, Family, and Peers in Adolescent Delinquency and Positive Youth Development
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 48 (2016) 3, S.318-343 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X13491581
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Behavior Problems; Youth; Case Studies; Path Analysis; Peer Relationship; Networks; Role; Community Resources; Community Characteristics; African Americans; Whites; Family Role; Community Role; Likert Scales; Factor Analysis; Behavior Assessment System for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pfadanalyse; Peer-Beziehungen; Rollen; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Likert-Skala; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	Community contexts are important ecological settings related to problem behavior and positive youth development (PYD). While substantial work has focused on neighborhood disadvantage, the current study explores the role of community assets, specifically linkages to important institutional resources and people in those settings. These concepts are explored in a cross-sectional sample of African American and White, male and female adolescent offenders with an eye toward approaches to reducing further delinquency. The findings of confirmatory factor and path analyses demonstrate that personal relationships and linkages to important community resources including recreational, school, faith-based, extended-family, and work-related sources, are related not only to better family functioning but also to positive peer relations and indirectly to youth self-reliance. This study highlights the potential role of community networks and support in the lives of youthful offenders and their families, a population in need of more research identifying potential positive pathways of development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01