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African American Children's Depressive Symptoms: The Prospective Effects of Neighborhood Disorder, Stressful Life Events, and Parenting

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Natsuaki, Misaki N., Ge, Xiaojia, Brody, Gene H., Simons, Ronald L., Gibbons, Frederick X., Cutrona, Carolyn E.·2007·American Journal of Community Psychology

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The prospective effects of observed neighborhood disorder, stressful life events, and parents' engagement in inductive reasoning on adolescents' depressive symptoms were examined using data collected from 777 African American families. Multilevel analyses revealed that stressful life events experienced at age 11 predicted depressive symptoms at age 13. Furthermore, a significant interaction between neighborhood disorder and parents' engagement in inductive reasoning was found, indicating that parental use of inductive reasoning was a protective factor for depressive symptoms particularly for youths living in highly disordered neighborhoods. The importance of examining correlates of depressive symptoms from a contextual framework, focusing on individuals, families, and neighborhood contexts, is emphasized.

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  • The findings join a growing literature that emphasizes ways that African-American families are a source of resilience for their children, particularly since racial group membership can still evoke discrimination.

    “The findings also join a growing literature that emphasizes ways that African-American families are a source of resilience for their children, particularly since racial group membership can still evoke discrimination (Natsuaki et al., 2007; Simons et al., 2001; Simons et al., 2002).”

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    The Results and Discussion report that parents’ use of inductive reasoning was protective against depressive symptoms for African American children living in highly disordered neighborhoods, supporting the claim about family resilience. The passages do not address discrimination arising from racial group membership, so that part of the sentence is not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  1. Burton L., 1996, Neighborhood poverty: Policy implications in studying neighborhoods, 132
  2. Snijders T. A. B., 1999, Multilevel analysis: An introduction to basic and advanced multilevel modeling

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Authors
Natsuaki, M. N., Ge, X., Brody, G. H., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., & Cutrona, C. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • Iowa State University (US)
Corresponding author
Natsuaki, Misaki N.
Venue
American Journal of Community Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-02-09
Volume
39
Issue
1-2
Pages
163-176
ISSN
  • 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2770
OpenAlex
W2034933825
Cited by
140
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 11
FWCI
9.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Community Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • University of California, Davis
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH062666, P50MH048165, MH 48165)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
depressive symptoms, African American children, adolescents, neighborhood disorder, life events, parenting, inductive reasoning, protective factors, contextual risk factors, family environment
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Black or African American, Child, Depression, Environmental Exposure, Female, Georgia, Humans, Iowa, Life Change Events, Male, Residence Characteristics, Stress, Psychological, Parenting, Focus Groups

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