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Neighborhood, poverty, and negative behavior: an examination of differential association and social control theory. |
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Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), May 2012, pp.1035-1041. |
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0190-7409 |
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The causes of negative behaviour among children are many and complex. This study uses an integration of social control theory and differential association theory to examine how poverty, neighbourhood socioeconomic status, parental stress, parental mastery, discipline, and aggravation in parenting affect behaviour in children. Using a path analysis model, hypothesised relationships between poverty, neighbourhood socioeconomic status, and parenting were explored using data from the Fragile Family Study (FFS). The study compiled data from 2 5th year components of the FFS gathered by interviewing mothers. The analyses suggest that there are a number of factors which have an impact on the likelihood of children engaging in negative behaviour. Aggravation in parenting was the strongest predictor of negative behaviour, followed by poverty. Parental stress was found to have a direct effect on negative behaviour in children. Parental stress was also a strong indicator of the use of more punitive punishment by the parent, which in turn led to more negative behaviour in the child. The findings suggest several potential points of intervention. |
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behaviour problems; children; neighbourhoods; parental attitudes; parenting; parents; poverty; socioeconomic groups; stress; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=bec7ceaf-d971-41b0-99a2-eb3cb6c63824 |
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