Neighborhood Disadvantage, Stressful Life Events, and Adjustment Among Mexican American Early Adolescents.
This study examined a stress-process model in which stressful life events and association with delinquent peers mediated the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to Mexican American early adolescents' mental health. We also proposed that child gender, child generation, and neighborhood informal social control would moderate the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to children's experiences of stressful life events. With data from 738 Mexican American early adolescents, results generally provided support for the theoretical model although the relationships of neighborhood disadvantage to stressful life events and adjustment were weaker than expected. Additional research is needed to corroborate these results and determine why neighborhood disadvantage may have different relationships to adjustment for Mexican American early adolescents than for others.
Roosa
Mark W
MW
All authors were affiliated with Arizona State University and its Prevention Research Center. Roosa, Burrell, and Nair were in the School of Social and Family Dynamics; Tein, Coxe, and Knight were in the Psychology Department.
Burrell
Ginger L
GL
Nair
Rajni L
RL
Coxe
Stefany
S
Tein
Jenn-Yun
JY
Knight
George P
GP