Rural and non-rural African American youth: Does context matter in the etiology of problem behaviors?

Alexander T. Vazsonyi; Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo; Maureen A. Young

doi:10.1007/s10964-007-9239-6

Rural and non-rural African American youth: Does context matter in the etiology of problem behaviors?

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	798-811
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	37
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9239-6
State	Published - Aug 2008

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Acknowledgments This research was supported through grants to the first author by USDA (National Research Initiative, Competitive Grant Program Agreement No. 00-35401-9256) and by an award from the Auburn University Competitive Research Grant Program. A previous version of the paper was presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA (November 1–4, 2006).

Keywords

African American adolescents
Family process
Neighborhood effects
Parenting
Rural versus non-rural
Violence

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Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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