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- Title
ASSESSING NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON CHILDHOOD VIOLENCE IN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAMPLE.
- Authors
Stewart, Eric A.; Simons, Ronald L.; Conger, Rand D.
- Abstract
The present study examines the extent to which neighborhood and social psychological influences predict childhood violence among 867 African-American youth. The results showed that neighborhood affluence was the only neighborhood-level variable to exert a significant influence on childhood violence. Furthermore, childhood violence was significantly related to social psychological influences, such as adopting a street code, associating with violent peers, parental use of violence, and quality parenting. Overall, the findings suggested that simply living in a violent neighborhood does not produce violent children, but that family, peer, and individual characteristics play a large role in predicting violence in childhood.
- Subjects
CHILDREN &; violence; SOCIAL psychology; VIOLENCE; AFRICAN Americans; CHILDREN; CHILD psychology; PARENTING
- Publication
Criminology, 2002, Vol 40, Issue 4, p801
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00974.x