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Neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of youths' externalizing behaviors: a multilevel analysis.

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Beyers, JM; Bates, JE; Pettit, GS; Dodge, KA
Published in: American journal of community psychology
March 2003

Associations among neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of externalizing behavior problems were investigated in a longitudinal sample of early adolescents (from age 11 to 13). Mothers' reports of parental monitoring (at age 11), mothers' and youths' reports of the amount of youths' unsupervised time (at age 11), and youths' reports of positive parental involvement (at age 12) were used to predict initial levels (at age 11) and growth rates in youths' externalizing behavior as reported by teachers. Census-based measures of neighborhood structural disadvantage, residential instability, and concentrated affluence were expected to moderate the effects of parenting processes (e.g., parental monitoring) on externalizing behavior. Hierarchical linear modeling results revealed that less parental monitoring was associated with more externalizing behavior problems at age 11, and more unsupervised time spent out in the community (vs. unsupervised time in any context) and less positive parental involvement were associated with increases in externalizing behavior across time. Furthermore, the decrease in externalizing levels associated with more parental monitoring was significantly more pronounced when youths lived in neighborhoods with more residential instability.

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American journal of community psychology

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1573-2770

ISSN

0091-0562

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

31

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

35 / 53

Related Subject Headings

  • Residence Characteristics
  • Public Health
  • Population Dynamics
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Family
 

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Beyers, J. M., Bates, J. E., Pettit, G. S., & Dodge, K. A. (2003). Neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of youths' externalizing behaviors: a multilevel analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 31(1–2), 35–53. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023018502759
Beyers, Jennifer M., John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit, and Kenneth A. Dodge. “Neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of youths' externalizing behaviors: a multilevel analysis.American Journal of Community Psychology 31, no. 1–2 (March 2003): 35–53. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023018502759.
Beyers JM, Bates JE, Pettit GS, Dodge KA. Neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of youths' externalizing behaviors: a multilevel analysis. American journal of community psychology. 2003 Mar;31(1–2):35–53.
Beyers, Jennifer M., et al. “Neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of youths' externalizing behaviors: a multilevel analysis.American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 31, no. 1–2, Mar. 2003, pp. 35–53. Epmc, doi:10.1023/a:1023018502759.
Beyers JM, Bates JE, Pettit GS, Dodge KA. Neighborhood structure, parenting processes, and the development of youths' externalizing behaviors: a multilevel analysis. American journal of community psychology. 2003 Mar;31(1–2):35–53.
Journal cover image

Published In

American journal of community psychology

DOI

EISSN

1573-2770

ISSN

0091-0562

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

31

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

35 / 53

Related Subject Headings

  • Residence Characteristics
  • Public Health
  • Population Dynamics
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Family