Department of Child, Youth, & Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Department of Nutrition and Health Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2018 Dec;62(3-4):476-491. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12276. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
The present study examined the direct and indirect effects of neighborhood conditions on the health and development of children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families. Two waves of data were analyzed from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study and its subsample of 3,656 mothers and their young children at ages 3 and 5. The results show that social cohesion was directly and indirectly associated with children's behavioral problems and health status. Social control was found to have an indirect effect on children's behavioral problems and cognitive development transmitted through maternal parenting quality and parenting stress. There were significant direct effects of neighborhood physical disorder on children's behavioral problems and cognitive development. In terms of effect size, mothers' parenting stress and parenting quality, economic hardship, education level, and health care coverage were also prominent factors in determining the health and development of children. Implications for interventions and future research are discussed.
本研究考察了邻里条件对社会经济弱势家庭儿童健康和发展的直接和间接影响。利用脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究及其 3656 名母亲及其 3 岁和 5 岁幼儿的子样本中的两波数据进行了分析。结果表明，社会凝聚力与儿童的行为问题和健康状况直接和间接相关。社会控制通过母亲的育儿质量和育儿压力对儿童的行为问题和认知发展产生间接影响。邻里物理无序对儿童的行为问题和认知发展有显著的直接影响。就效应大小而言，母亲的育儿压力和育儿质量、经济困难、教育水平和医疗保健覆盖率也是决定儿童健康和发展的重要因素。讨论了干预措施和未来研究的意义。
