School of Social Service Administration, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2018 Jun;61(3-4):310-320. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12239. Epub 2018 Mar 14.
The link between relationship violence and aspects of neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (e.g., percent of unemployed adults, percent of families below poverty level), has been established. However, the literature examining neighborhood social processes, including informal social control and social cohesion, in relation to adolescent dating violence has shown mixed results with a limited theoretical foundation and methodology. Using a social disorganization theoretical framework, this study examined the mediating role of these neighborhood social processes in the relation between concentrated disadvantage and adolescent dating violence within an urban context. Participants included 605 adult residents in 30 census tracts and 203 adolescents from neighborhoods on the West and South sides of Chicago. Neighborhood-level concentrated disadvantage was measured via Census data, adult residents reported on neighborhood social processes, and youth reported on dating violence. Informal social control was negatively associated with dating violence, and social cohesion was positively associated with dating violence. A multilevel mediation model showed that concentrated disadvantage was related to higher levels of dating violence via lower levels of informal social control. These results extend social disorganization theory to dating violence within an urban context, while also highlighting the important role of neighborhood processes on relationship violence. Implications for research and intervention programming are discussed.
已经证实，人际关系暴力与邻里集中贫困（例如，失业成年人的百分比、贫困线以下家庭的百分比）等方面之间存在联系。然而，在研究与青少年约会暴力有关的邻里社会进程，包括非正式社会控制和社会凝聚力时，文献中却显示出了有限的理论基础和方法学方面的混合结果。本研究运用社会失序理论框架，在城市背景下，检验了这些邻里社会进程在集中贫困与青少年约会暴力之间的关系中所起的中介作用。参与者包括来自芝加哥西部和南部社区的 30 个普查区的 605 名成年居民和 203 名青少年。邻里层面的集中贫困通过人口普查数据来衡量，成年居民报告邻里社会进程，而青年报告约会暴力。非正式社会控制与约会暴力呈负相关，社会凝聚力与约会暴力呈正相关。多层次中介模型表明，集中贫困与较低水平的非正式社会控制有关，这导致了更高水平的约会暴力。这些结果将社会失序理论扩展到了城市环境中的约会暴力，同时也强调了邻里进程在人际关系暴力中的重要作用。讨论了对研究和干预计划的影响。
