Intervening Processes in the Relationship between Neighborhood Characteristics and Psychological Symptoms in Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	Katz, Brian N.; Esparza, Patricia; Carter, Jocelyn Smith; Grant, Kathryn E.; Meyerson, David A.
Titel	Intervening Processes in the Relationship between Neighborhood Characteristics and Psychological Symptoms in Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 32 (2012) 5, S.650-680 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431611414060
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Neighborhoods; Urban Youth; Intervention; Correlation; Risk; Community Characteristics; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Stress Variables; Violence; Aggression; Delinquency; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Emotional Disturbances + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Korrelation; Risiko; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Gewalt; Kriminalität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Gefühlsstörung
Abstract	The present study tested for mediators of the relation between neighborhood risk characteristics and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of 1,120 low-income urban adolescents. Results indicate that a composite of census tract variables predicted both internalizing and externalizing symptoms in this sample. Stressful life events and exposure to violence mediated the relation between neighborhood risk and aggression, delinquency, and somatic symptoms. Gender and age were examined as moderators of these mediational pathways. Results of moderated mediation analyses revealed that both gender and age moderated the pathways between stressors and somatic complaints and between exposure to violence and somatic complaints. Implications for intervention and areas for future research are discussed. (Contains 1 note, 2 figures, and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10