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Neighborhood Disadvantage, Stressful Life Events, and Adjustment Among Mexican American Early Adolescents

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: This study examined a stress-process model in which stressful life events and association with delinquent peers mediated the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to Mexican American early adolescents' mental health. We also proposed that child gender, child generation, and neighborhood informal social control would moderate the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to children's experiences of stressful life events. With data from 738 Mexican American early adolescents, results generally provided support for the theoretical model although the relationships of neighborhood disadvantage to stressful life events and adjustment were weaker than expected. Additional research is needed to corroborate these results and determine why neighborhood disadvantage may have different relationships to adjustment for Mexican American early adolescents than for others.

Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence

DOI: 10.1177/0272431609338177

Authors: Mark W. Roosa, Ginger L. Burrell, Rajni L. Nair, Stefany Coxe, Jenn-Yun Tein, George P. Knight

Institution: Arizona State University

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health