title: Neighbourhood social fragmentation and the mental health of children in poverty.
abstract: Using data from 7,776 Millennium Cohort Study children in England, we examined the role of neighbourhood social fragmentation in trajectories of emotional/behavioural problems at ages three, five and seven, and in moderating the association of children's emotional/behavioural problems with neighbourhood poverty, family poverty and adverse family events. Allowing for key background characteristics, social fragmentation generally added little to explain child outcomes, but there were fewer conduct problems among children in poor neighbourhoods with less fragmentation. Surprisingly, in less fragmented neighbourhoods poor families tended to feel less safe and more distressed, which was associated with children's conduct problems.
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AA, UK.. Electronic address: e.flouri@ioe.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Eirini
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flouri
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AA, UK.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Midouhas
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AA, UK.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 25 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AA, UK.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008603:Mental Health; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Child behavior; Family poverty; MCS; Neighborhood poverty; Neighborhood social fragmentation