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The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children

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Barry, TD; Lochman, JE; Fite, PJ; Wells, KC; Colder, CR
Published in: Journal of Community Psychology
April 1, 2012

The current study utilized a longitudinal design to examine the effects of neighborhood and parenting on 120 at-risk children's academic and aggressive outcomes, concurrently and at two later timepoints during the transition to middle school. Random effects regression models were estimated to examine whether neighborhood characteristics and harsh parenting predicted change in these problems from 4th to 6th grade. Results indicated that academic problems decreased then increased after the middle school transition, whereas aggression decreased then leveled off. Both neighborhood problems and harsh parenting were associated with academic problems; neighborhood problems and poor support were related to aggression. A significant interaction in predicting aggression was found, indicating that children in more problematic neighborhoods and experiencing harsher parenting exhibited the highest levels of aggression. Findings highlight the relation of neighborhood problems to both academic problems outcomes and aggression in youth and underscore the importance of early prevention efforts. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Journal of Community Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1520-6629

ISSN

0090-4392

Publication Date

April 1, 2012

Volume

40

Issue

3

Start / End Page

372 / 379

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Barry, T. D., Lochman, J. E., Fite, P. J., Wells, K. C., & Colder, C. R. (2012). The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children. Journal of Community Psychology, 40(3), 372–379. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20514
Barry, T. D., J. E. Lochman, P. J. Fite, K. C. Wells, and C. R. Colder. “The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children.” Journal of Community Psychology 40, no. 3 (April 1, 2012): 372–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20514.
Barry TD, Lochman JE, Fite PJ, Wells KC, Colder CR. The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children. Journal of Community Psychology. 2012 Apr 1;40(3):372–9.
Barry, T. D., et al. “The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children.” Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 40, no. 3, Apr. 2012, pp. 372–79. Scopus, doi:10.1002/jcop.20514.
Barry TD, Lochman JE, Fite PJ, Wells KC, Colder CR. The influence of neighborhood characteristics and parenting practices on academic problems and aggression outcomes among moderately to highly aggressive children. Journal of Community Psychology. 2012 Apr 1;40(3):372–379.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Community Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1520-6629

ISSN

0090-4392

Publication Date

April 1, 2012

Volume

40

Issue

3

Start / End Page

372 / 379

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1701 Psychology