Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, 202 Cousteau Place Suite 100, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2012 Sep;50(1-2):101-13. doi: 10.1007/s10464-011-9481-7.
Using data from a sample of 673 Mexican Origin families, the current investigation examined the degree to which family supportiveness acted as a protective buffer between neighborhood disorder and antisocial behavior during late childhood (i.e. intent to use controlled substances, externalizing, and association with deviant peers). Children's perceptions of neighborhood disorder fully mediated associations between census and observer measures of neighborhood disorder and their antisocial behavior. Family support buffered children from the higher rates of antisocial behavior generally associated with living in disorderly neighborhoods. An additional goal of the current study was to replicate these findings in a second sample of 897 African American families, and that replication was successful. These findings suggest that family support may play a protective role for children living in dangerous or disadvantaged neighborhoods. They also suggest that neighborhood interventions should consider several points of entry including structural changes, resident perceptions of their neighborhood and family support.
利用来自 673 个墨西哥裔美国家庭的样本数据，当前的研究考察了家庭支持在多大程度上充当了保护缓冲，使儿童在后期免受邻里混乱和反社会行为的影响（即意图使用管制药物、外化行为和与偏差同龄人交往）。儿童对邻里混乱的感知完全中介了邻里混乱的普查和观察测量指标与他们反社会行为之间的关联。家庭支持使孩子免受与居住在混乱社区相关的更高水平的反社会行为的影响。本研究的另一个目标是在第二个 897 个非裔美国家庭的样本中复制这些发现，并且复制是成功的。这些发现表明，家庭支持可能对生活在危险或不利社区的儿童起到保护作用。它们还表明，邻里干预措施应该考虑几个切入点，包括结构性变化、居民对其邻里和家庭支持的看法。
