University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work, 4200 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 210S Bouquet Street, 4101 Sennott Square, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Jan;49(1):74-86. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01045-8. Epub 2019 May 31.
Social disorganization theory argues that disadvantaged neighborhoods will have less cohesion and control, and therefore will be less conducive to effective parental monitoring. This study aims to test these relationships using four waves of the Pitt Mother and Child Project (ages 11, 12, 15, and 17). The sample consists of 185 low-income males and their parents, 56.44% of whom identify as White, and 34.67% of whom identify African American. Crossed-lagged path models were estimated and the indirect effect of neighborhood disadvantage on parental monitoring through neighborhood cohesion and control was estimated. Separate models were estimated for parental and adolescent perceptions of parental monitoring. The results demonstrate a positive relationship between parental perception of neighborhood social cohesion and parental monitoring, and a negative relationship found between parental perceptions of neighborhood social control and parental monitoring in both models. The findings of this study suggests that neighborhoods may be an important target for interventions that are aiming to improve parental monitoring and ultimately adolescent outcomes.
社会失序理论认为，贫困社区的凝聚力和控制力较弱，因此不利于父母进行有效的监督。本研究旨在使用匹兹堡母子项目（年龄在 11、12、15 和 17 岁）的四波数据来检验这些关系。样本包括 185 名低收入男性及其父母，其中 56.44%的人认为自己是白人，34.67%的人认为自己是非洲裔美国人。我们估计了交叉滞后路径模型，并估计了邻里劣势通过邻里凝聚力和控制对父母监督的间接影响。分别为父母和青少年对父母监督的看法估计了模型。研究结果表明，父母对邻里社会凝聚力的看法与父母监督之间存在正相关关系，而在两个模型中，父母对邻里社会控制的看法与父母监督之间存在负相关关系。本研究的结果表明，邻里环境可能是干预的一个重要目标，这些干预旨在改善父母监督，最终改善青少年的结果。
