The Protective Effects of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy on British Children Growing Up in Deprivation: A Developmental Analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 942-957

  Odgers, Candice L ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c,d   Tach, Laura M ^e   Sampson, Robert J ^e   Taylor, Alan ^d   Matthews, Charlotte L ^d   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; collective efficacy; latent growth curve modeling; neighborhoods; protective factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; WALES;

EID: 67749114455     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016162     Document Type: Article

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