Citation

Logan-Greene P, Linn B, Hartinger-Saunders R, Nochajski T, Wieczorek WF, Rittner BA. J. Community Psychol. 2019; 47(4): 833-855.

Affiliation

University at Buffalo.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jcop.22156

PMID

30656686

Abstract

AIMS: The social/environmental context of youth is important for mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health. This study used person-oriented methods to examine the influences of family, neighborhood, and poverty on late adolescent MEB outcomes.

METHODS: Latent class analysis was used to discern significant clusters of at-risk, diverse young men (N = 625) based on contextual factors; differences in MEB outcomes were examined.

RESULTS: Four classes emerged. Resourced and Protected youth had low risk across all indicators. Non-resourced and Protected youth lived in poverty, poor neighborhoods, but had good parenting; despite low delinquency, substance use was elevated. Resourced but High Risk youth had negative parenting but good neighborhoods. Outcomes included elevated delinquency and mental health problems. Non-resourced and High Risk youth were poor, lived in bad neighborhoods, and experienced abusive parenting; MEB outcomes were poor.

CONCLUSION: Findings confirm the unique effects that negative parenting, neighborhoods, and poverty have on adolescent development. Implications are discussed.

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Language: en