title: The influence of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting on African American children's affiliation with deviant peers.
abstract: This study focused on hypotheses about the contributions of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting to African American children's affiliation with deviant peers. A total of 867 families living in Georgia and Iowa, each with a 10- to 12-year-old child, participated. Unique contributions to deviant peer affiliation were examined using a hierarchical linear model. Community disadvantage derived from census data had a significant positive effect on deviant peer affiliations. Nurturant/involved parenting and collective socialization processes were inversely associated, and harsh/inconsistent parenting was positively associated, with deviant peer affiliations. The effects of nurturant/involved parenting and collective socialization were most pronounced for children residing in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA. gbrody@arches.uga.edu
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conger
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Murry
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerrard
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization