Boardman Jason D, Saint Onge Jarron M
Department of Sociology, Population Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
Child Youth Environ. 2005;15(1):138-164.
Researchers are increasingly interested in identifying specific aspects of adolescents' lives that are positively or adversely affected by their place of residence. This body of work suggests that it is important to consider neighborhoods when examining their 1) engagement in risk-related behaviors; 2) educational outcomes; 3) physical and mental health; and 4) their integration within social institutions. To date, however, no existing work has simultaneously considered the range of outcomes in which neighborhoods are believed to be important within and across these four domains. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examine the extent to which neighborhoods influence adolescent outcomes across 34 characteristics nested within these four areas. The findings suggest that for adolescents, residential area is equally important in terms of risk behaviors, educational outcomes, and their integration within their families, schools, and churches. However, we find no evidence that neighborhoods are associated with adolescents' physical health or emotional well-being.
研究人员越来越有兴趣确定青少年生活中受到其居住地正面或负面影响的具体方面。这一系列研究表明，在考察青少年的以下方面时，考虑社区因素很重要：1）参与与风险相关的行为；2）教育成果；3）身心健康；4）他们在社会机构中的融入情况。然而，迄今为止，尚无现有研究同时考虑在这四个领域内及跨领域中社区被认为重要的一系列成果。利用青少年健康全国纵向研究的数据，我们考察了社区在这四个领域内嵌套的34个特征方面对青少年成果的影响程度。研究结果表明，对于青少年而言，居住区在风险行为、教育成果以及他们在家庭、学校和教会中的融入方面同样重要。然而，我们没有发现证据表明社区与青少年的身体健康或情绪健康有关。
