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ERIC Number: EJ670218
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
The Developmental Ecology of Urban Males' Youth Violence.
Tolan, Patrick H.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B.
Developmental Psychology, v39 n2 p274-91 Mar 2003
Tested a developmental-ecological model of violence using longitudinal data from poor, urban African American and Latino adolescent boys and caregivers. Found that community structural characteristics significantly predicted neighborhood social processes. Parenting practices partially mediated relationship between neighborhood social processes and gang membership. Parenting practices were fully mediated in their relationship to peer violence by gang membership. Gang membership was partially mediated by peer violence in relation to individual violence. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Black Youth, Hispanic American Students, Juvenile Gangs, Longitudinal Studies, Males, Models, Neighborhoods, Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Poverty, Predictor Variables, Structural Equation Models, Urban Youth, Violence, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Child Ecology; Ecological Perspective; Mediating Factors
Note: Special Issue on: "Violent Children."