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Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7/2008

01-08-2008 | Original Paper

Rural and Non-Rural African American Youth: Does Context Matter in the Etiology of Problem Behaviors?

Auteurs: Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Maureen A. Young

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 7/2008

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Abstract

The current study provides new information on the etiology of adolescent problem behaviors in African American youth by testing the importance of known predictors, namely parenting measures (monitoring, support, and communication), peers, and neighborhood characteristics across rural and non-rural developmental contexts. More specifically, the study examined whether rural versus non-rural developmental contexts moderated the relationships between known predictors and a variety of problem behaviors (alcohol use, drug use, delinquency, and violence). Data were collected from N = 687 rural and N = 182 non-rural African American adolescents (mean age = 15.8 years). Findings indicate that both parenting constructs and peer deviance had significant effects on problem behaviors and that these effects were consistent across rural and non-rural developmental contexts. The study results are discussed in terms of their implications for ecological frameworks for testing problem behavior etiology.
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The Black Belt—a term originally used to describe the dark soil particularly of the southern states—comprises an area of 623 disadvantaged rural-non-metropolitan counties characterized by high rates of poverty, unemployment, infant mortality, poor health, and low academic achievement (Vazsonyi and Trejos-Castillo 2006). Based on recent census data (U.S. Census 2006), the African American population reached 39.2 million during 2005, from which, 54% lived in the South or the so called “South Belt States” (i.e., Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), whereas 19% lived in the Midwest, 18% lived in the Northwest, and 10% lived in the West. In addition, approximately 80% of African Americans lived in metropolitan areas as compared to 19.7% living in non-metro, rural areas; 34% of the African American rural population live in poverty as compared to 27% in the urban areas (Rural Health Research Center 2002).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Rural and Non-Rural African American Youth: Does Context Matter in the Etiology of Problem Behaviors?
Auteurs
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Maureen A. Young
Publicatiedatum
01-08-2008
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 7/2008
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9239-6

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