Neighborhood and cultural stressors associated with delinquency in Latino adolescents
This study examined the moderating role of acculturation dissonance and ethnic/racial discrimination in the link between CVE and delinquency engagement in a sample of Latino adolescents. Participants for this study included 134 Latino adolescents (46% males, mean age of 16.14, standard deviation = 1.31) recruited from an urban charter high school located in a large Midwestern city. Findings from hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that higher levels of CVE and acculturation dissonance, as well as male gender, were associated with higher levels of delinquency engagement. A significant interaction was also ...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sonia L. Rubens, Omar G. Gudi ño, Jena Michel, Paula J. Fite, Michelle Johnson‐Motoyama Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Racial disparities in perceived social support and social service use: Associations with maternal depression and head start participation
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Using the Head Start Impact Study data, this study examined racial disparities in maternal perceptions of social support and social service receipt, and their associations with depression. Associations between Head Start participation and these variables were also studied. A total of 3,269 mothers were included (n = 971 Black, 1,086 Hispanic, and 1,212 White). Compared to White mothers, Hispanic mothers indicated perceiving less assistance from social supports. Black and Hispanic mothers were less likely to use social services and reported lower levels of depression than White mothers. Head Start mothers perceiv...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kyunghee Lee, Kristin Rispoli Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Multiple senses of community and acculturation strategies among migrants
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Based on the theoretical framework of multiple psychological sense of community (MPSOC) and acculturation models, the study explored the relationships between territorial (TPSOC) and ethnic PSOC (EPSOC) and the acculturation behaviors of 2 groups of immigrants who settled in Italy, namely, Albanians (N = 230) and Sri Lankans (N = 131). Based on survey data and quantitative analyses (general linear models), TPSOC and EPSOC were considered first separately and then combined, according to a bidimensional model of MPSOC that resulted in four combinations (dual membership, receiving society membership, ethnic membe...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Terri Mannarini, Cosimo Tal ò, Monica Mezzi, Fortuna Procentese Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
A quasi ‐experimental evaluation of rent assistance for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness
This study investigated the effectiveness of the addition of rent assistance to existing housing and support services in the Waterloo region of Ontario for people experiencing chronic homelessness. A nonequivalent comparison group design was used to compare the outcomes between (a) participants selected to receive rent assistance plus support services (n = 26) and (b) participants receiving support services only (n = 25). Participants were interviewed at baseline and 6 months later. Participants in the rent assistance condition showed significantly greater improvements over time relative to the comparison group in hous...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Courtney Pankratz, Geoffrey Nelson, Marie Morrison Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
A longitudinal examination of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, public ethnic regard, and depressive symptoms in Latino youth
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This longitudinal study examined the role of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and public ethnic regard on depressive symptoms in an adolescent Latino sample (n = 141) living in an emerging immigrant community. Using a cross lagged model, this study found that Time 1 (T1) discrimination did not predict T2 depressive symptoms, nor did depressive symptoms predict T2 discrimination. However, public ethnic regard served as a significant moderator of the longitudinal association of discrimination. For youth who reported high public ethnic regard and high racial/ethnic discrimination at T1, they reported greater ...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabriela Livas Stein, Laura Taylor, Andrea Kulish, Laura McLaughlin Gonzalez Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Children's experiences and perceptions of street culture, parental supervision, and parental mediation in an urban neighborhood
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Local street cultures may appear more or less “extreme,” depending on several contextual factors. Using focus groups, the current study aimed to explore what children, aged 7 to 12 years, think of the assumption that parents play an important role on the street to increase safety in the public domain. Involvement of parents can either be helpful or contribute to escalation of the conflict. Children's biggest concern was that parents are not able to be neutral or that children did not know the parent who intervened. They can imagine intervening being helpful when the intervening parents are known and trusted. W...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maartje Dijken, Geert ‐Jan Stams, Micha Winter Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Resident characteristics and neighborhood environments on health‐related quality of life and stress
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Relatively little research has attempted to disentangle the individual and neighborhood conditions underlying health disparities. To address this, survey data were collected from 1,107 residents living in one of the 114 census tracts. Results from a multilevel structural equation model found an individual's perceptions of the social and built environment were significantly associated with their current physical health, mental health, and perceived stress. Associations between household income and poor physical health were more pronounced for participants who lived in low‐income neighborhoods compared to particip...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John P. Barile, Gabriel P. Kuperminc, William W. Thompson Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Journal of Community Psychology - August 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Impact of trauma exposure and acculturative stress on internalizing symptoms for recently arrived migrant ‐origin youth: Results from a community‐based partnership
This study examined self‐report data for 87 newly arrived migrant‐origin students in Grades 5–10 from Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, and African backgrounds attending a public alternative school in the Southeastern United States. Data were collected as part of a community‐based partnership. The relation between cumulative trauma exposure and internalizing symptoms was fully mediated by acculturative stress (p < .05), suggesting prior trauma exposure negatively affected these students’ capacity to navigate a new cultural milieu, which in turn is directly associated with internalizing symptoms. Behavioral hea...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M. Alexander Thibeault, Julia L. Mendez, Rosemery O. Nelson ‐Gray, Gabriela L. Stein Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
How do homeless adults change their lives after completing an intensive job ‐skills program? A prospective study
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Among people experiencing homelessness, difficulty securing housing is often compounded by concurrent challenges including unemployment, chronic illness, criminal justice involvement, and victimization. The Moving Ahead Program (MAP) is a vocational rehabilitation program that seeks to help adults facing these challenges secure competitive employment. We prospectively studied how MAP graduates (N = 97) changed from the beginning of MAP to about 6 months after graduation. We observed a variety of positive outcomes in not just employment and housing but also health, substance use, and criminal justice involvement. H...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Heather M. Gray, Sarah E. Nelson, Howard J. Shaffer, Patricia Stebbins, Andrea Ryan Farina Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Perceptions of social disorder in public spaces in a disadvantaged neighborhood: The example of Cologne ‐Chorweiler
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Residents of segregated neighborhoods perceive social disorder in their neighborhoods differently. Starting from the broken‐windows theory and the social organization approach, the paper develops a deeper understanding of the role of place for the perception of social disorder. Participant structural observations were conducted, along with a photo survey and collection of ethnographic data about six locations within the studied neighborhood. Comparison of perceptions of the locations and social practices within them shows that social disorder is perceived not by residents who live directly at the location, but b...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - July 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sebastian Kurtenbach Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Different actions for different crimes: Explaining individual action in local crime problems
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The crime prevention literature finds extensive support for crime‐specific approaches to organized interventions in crime problems. Yet within the communities and crime literature, little is known about the crime‐specific (or generalized) way that individuals respond to different types of crime problems in their neighborhood. Using data from the Australian Community Capacity Study, this paper examines how individual characteristics, perceptions of agents of formal social control, and perceptions of informal community processes influence the decision a person makes to do something about different types of local...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - July 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lacey Schaefer, Lorraine Mazerolle, Marianne Kapnoulla Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
How to support me in connected learning: Youth perspectives on adult supportive behavior and its benefits
This study examined the various ways adults engage and support youth in connected learning settings, which are focused on supporting youth in their interests or passions. Youth from 5 Chicago community‐based, out‐of‐school time (OST) programs participated in focus groups on the topic of adult–youth relationships. Participants reported characteristics and behaviors of supportive adults as well as the outcomes associated with those behaviors. Analyses revealed that the following characteristics of adults enabled engagement and relationship development: (a) mutual respect, (b) genuine interest, (c) ongoing communicati...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - July 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Danielle Vaclavik, Bernadette S ánchez, Kathleen Buehler, Tené Gray, Elsa Rodriguez Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Journal of Community Psychology - July 17, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Determinants of the use of community ‐based mental health services after mobile crisis team services: An empirical approach using the Cox proportional hazard model
This study aims to identify the determinants of people's use of CMHSs after Mobile Crisis Team (MCT) intervention. This study integrated four local administrative records and selected 1,771 adults who received MCT intervention in 2008. The authors measured the length between the last day of crisis period and the first date of using CMHSs and used the Cox proportional hazard model to estimate its predictors. Of the sample, 44.2% used CMHSs within 30 days after MCT intervention. Cox proportional hazards model identifies predictors of using CMHSs such as clients’ diagnosis, substance abuse issues, treatment history, and the...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - June 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seokjoo Kim, HyunSoo Kim Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
