Neighborhood Violence and Adolescent Friendship
Abstract: This paper investigates the social consequences of neighborhood violence. Using ego-centered friendship network data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a survey of adolescents in the United States in the mid-1990s, it examines the relationship between neighborhood violence and the quantity, closeness, and composition of adolescent same-sex friendships. Though neighborhood violence is unrelated to quantity and closeness net of individual and family characteristics, it predicts boys’ friendships with individuals who no longer attend school (who are presumably older or have dropped out of school) and predicts boys’ and girls’ friendships with individuals who attend other schools. These results are consistent with the theory that violence and fear of victimization focus adolescents’ social attention on their neighborhoods and lead them to develop friendships with individuals who can help them to stay safe. By structuring who adolescents interact with, ne.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2774
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Neighborhood Violence and Adolescent Friendship ; volume:2 ; number:1 ; day:16 ; month:06 ; year:2008
International journal of conflict and violence ; 2, Heft 1 (16.06.2008)
- Creator
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David J. Harding
- DOI
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10.4119/ijcv-2774
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062210314745916330
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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