Parents and peer group as mediators of the effect of community structure on adolescent problem behavior |
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Authors: | Ronald L Simons Christine Johnson Jay Beaman Rand D Conger Les B Whitbeck |
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Institution: | (1) Iowa State University, Iowa, USA |
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Abstract: | Used a sample of 207 single-parent families residing in 104 small, Midwestern communities to test hypotheses regarding the
link between community context and adolescent conduct problems and psychological distress. For boys, community disadvantage
had a direct affect on psychological distress, while it indirectly boosted the probability of conduct problems by disrupting
parenting and increasing affiliation with deviant peers. Community disadvantage was unrelated to the deviant behavior or emotional
well-being of girls. Proportion of single-parent households in the community had a direct effect on girls' conduct problems.
It also contributed indirectly to girls' conduct problems by increasing the probability of involvement with deviant peers.
Possible explanations for these gender differences are provided.
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Miami, November
1994. Work on this project was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (MH48165) and the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development (HD27724). Journal Paper No. 16629 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economic Experiment
Station, Ames, Iowa. Project No. 3320. |
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Keywords: | community structure adolescent problem behavior community disadvantage |
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