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The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: a developmental analysis.

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Odgers, CL; Moffitt, TE; Tach, LM; Sampson, A; Taylor, RJ; Matthews, CL; Caspi, A
Published in: Developmental psychology
July 2009

This article reports on the influence of neighborhood-level deprivation and collective efficacy on children's antisocial behavior between the ages of 5 and 10 years. Latent growth curve modeling was applied to characterize the developmental course of antisocial behavior among children in the E-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, an epidemiological cohort of 2,232 children. Children in deprived versus affluent neighborhoods had higher levels of antisocial behavior at school entry (24.1 vs. 20.5, p < .001) and a slower rate of decline from involvement in antisocial behavior between the ages of 5 and 10 (-0.54 vs. -0.78, p < .01). Neighborhood collective efficacy was negatively associated with levels of antisocial behavior at school entry (r = -.10, p < .01) but only in deprived neighborhoods; this relationship held after controlling for neighborhood problems and family-level factors. Collective efficacy did not predict the rate of change in antisocial behavior between the ages of 5 and 10. Findings suggest that neighborhood collective efficacy may have a protective effect on children living in deprived contexts.

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Developmental psychology

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EISSN

1939-0599

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

July 2009

Volume

45

Issue

4

Start / End Page

942 / 957

Related Subject Headings

  • Wales
  • Social Problems
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Sex Factors
  • Self Efficacy
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Psychosocial Deprivation
  • Personality Development
  • Personality Assessment
  • Models, Psychological
 

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Odgers, C. L., Moffitt, T. E., Tach, L. M., Sampson, A., Taylor, R. J., Matthews, C. L., & Caspi, A. (2009). The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: a developmental analysis. Developmental Psychology, 45(4), 942–957. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016162

Published In

Developmental psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-0599

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

July 2009

Volume

45

Issue

4

Start / End Page

942 / 957

Related Subject Headings

  • Wales
  • Social Problems
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Sex Factors
  • Self Efficacy
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Psychosocial Deprivation
  • Personality Development
  • Personality Assessment
  • Models, Psychological