A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of the Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Child and Adolescent Conduct Problems

作者：Goodnight Jackson A^*; Lahey Benjamin B; Van Hulle Carol A; Rodgers Joseph L; Rathouz Paul J; Waldman Irwin D; D'Onofrio Brian M

来源：Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2012, 121(1): 95-108.

DOI：10.1037/a0025078

• neighborhoods
• quasi-experiments
• cousin comparisons
• conduct problems
• delinquency

A quasi-experimental comparison of cousins differentially exposed to levels of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) was used with extensive measured covariates to test the hypothesis that neighborhood risk has independent effects on youth conduct problems (CPs). Multilevel analyses were based on mother-rated ND and both mother-reported CPs across 4-13 years (n = 7,077) and youth-reported CPs across 10-13 years (n = 4,524) from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. ND was robustly related to CPs reported by both informants when controlling for both measured risk factors that are correlated with ND and unmeasured confounds. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that ND has influence on conduct problems.

• 出版日期2012-2