Children's behaviour and the urban environment: An ecological analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-292

  LeClair, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Children's behaviour; Mental health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHILD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ANALYSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECOLOGY; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035007133     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00339-7     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (1995). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
2. Aneshensel C.S., Sucoff C.A. The neighbourhood context of adolescent mental health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 37:1996;293-310.
3. Bierman, K.L., & Welsh, J.A. (1997) Social relationship deficits. In: E.J. Mash, & L.G. Terdal (Eds.), Assessment of childhood disorders (3rd ed.), New York: The Guilford Press.
4. Boyle, M.H., & Lipman, E.L. (1998). Do places matter? A multilevel analysis of geographic variations in child behaviour in Canada. Working Paper W-98-16E, Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, Hull, Quebec.
5. Brooks-Gunn J., Duncan G.J., Klebanov P.K., Sealand N. Do neighborhoods influence child and adolescent development? American Journal of Sociology. 99:1993;353-395.
6. Caspi A., Moffitt T.E., Newman D.L., Silva P.A. Behavioral observations at age 3 years predict adult psychiatric disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry. 53:1996;1033-1039.
7. Chase-Lansdale P.L., Gordon R.A. Economic hardship and the development of five- and six-year-olds. Neighborhood and regional perspectives Child Development. 67:1996;3338-3367.
8. Dean K.G., James H.D. Social factors and admission to psychiatric hospital. Schizophrenia in Plymouth Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 6:1981;39-52.
9. Duncan C., Jones K., Moon G. Psychiatric morbidity. A multi-level approach to regional variations in the UK Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 49:1995;290-295.
10. Faris R.E.L., Dunham H.W. Mental disorders in urban areas. 1939;The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
11. Giggs J.A. The distribution of schizophrenics in Nottingham. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 59:1973;55-76.
12. Giggs J.A. Schizophrenia and ecological structure in Nottingham. Blunden J., McGlashan N. Geographical aspects of health. 1983;197-222 Academic Press, London.
13. Giggs J.A. Mental disorders and ecological structure in Nottingham. Social Science and Medicine. 23:1986;945-961.
14. Giggs J.A., Cooper J.E. Mental disorders and human ecological structure. A case study of schizophrenia and affective psychosis in Nottingham Cambria. 13:1986;151-180.
15. Giggs, J.A. & Mather, P.M. (1983) Nottingham Monographs in Applied Geography No. 3: Perspectives on mental health in urban areas. Department of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham England.
16. Griffith D.A., Amrhein C.G., Desloges J.R. Statistical analysis for geographers. 1991;Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
17. House A.E. DSM-IV diagnosis in the schools. 1999;The Guilford Press, New York.
18. Jensen P.S. Mental health and disorder in children and adolescents. Current status and research needs Family and Community Health. 14:1991;1-11.
19. Johnson T.I, Boutwell C.R., Hinkle A.L. Community mental health center evaluation. A survey of mental health problems and professional services evaluation. 2(3):1975;18-19.
20. Jones K., Moon G. Health, disease and society. 1987;Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, England.
21. Kates N., Krett E. Socio-economic factors and mental health problems. can census tract data predict referral patterns? Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 7:1988;89-98.
22. Kreft I., de Leeuw J. Introducing multilevel modelling. 1998;Sage Publications Limited, London, England.
23. Kyle, J.L. (1981). The effect of incentives on mail survey response rate and content. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia.
24. LeClair J.A., Innes F.C. Urban ecological structure and perceived child and adolescent psychological disorder. Social Science and Medicine. 44:1997;1649-1659.
25. Levy L., Rowitz L. The ecology of mental disorder. 1973;Behavioral Publications, New York.
26. Mausner J.S., Kramer S. Epidemiology. An introductory text. 1985;W.B. Saunders Company, Toronto.
27. Meade M., Florin J., Gesler W. Medical geography. 1988;The Guilford Press, New York.
28. Miller G.H., Dear M., Streiner D.L. A model for predicting utilization of psychiatric facilities. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 31:1986;424-430.
29. Pakiz B., Reinherz H.Z., Giacona R.M. Early risk factors for serious antisocial behavior at age 21. A longitudinal community study American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 67:1997;92-101.
30. Shaw G., Wheeler D. Statistical techniques in geographical analysis. 1985;Wiley, New York.
31. Sheskin, I.M. (1985). Survey research for geographers. Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC.
32. Strain P., Steele P., Ellis T., Timm M. Long term effects of oppositional child treatment with mothers as therapists and therapist trainers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 15:1982;163-170.
33. Walker H.M. Walker problem behavior identification checklist. 1983;Western Psychological Services, Los Angeles, CA.