title: A quasi-experimental analysis of the influence of neighborhood disadvantage on child and adolescent conduct problems.
abstract: A quasi-experimental comparison of cousins differentially exposed to levels of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) was used with extensive measured covariates to test the hypothesis that neighborhood risk has independent effects on youth conduct problems (CPs). Multilevel analyses were based on mother-rated ND and both mother-reported CPs across 4-13 years (n = 7,077) and youth-reported CPs across 10-13 years (n = 4,524) from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. ND was robustly related to CPs reported by both informants when controlling for both measured risk factors that are correlated with ND and unmeasured confounds. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that ND has influence on conduct problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-1430, USA. jgoodnight1@notes.udayton.edu
authors.forename: Jackson A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Goodnight
authors.forename: Benjamin B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Lahey
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Van Hulle
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rathouz
authors.forename: Irwin D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: D'Onofrio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology