Discovering how urban poverty and violence affect health: Development and validation of a neighborhood stress index
Discovering how urban poverty and violence affect health: Development and validation of a neighborhood stress index
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DOI：
10.1037//0278-6133.21.3.254
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发表时间：
2002-05-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Suchday, S
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作者：
Ewart, CK;Suchday, S
城市穷人的健康问题被归因于环境压力的心理社会影响。测试这类模型需要有能力衡量让生活充满压力的社区特征。城市压力调查(CSI)使用自我报告来评估感知的社区混乱和暴力暴露。来自城市青少年跨种族样本的数据显示，CSI在内部是一致的、稳定的，并与人口普查的社会劣势指数相关。压力研究的有效性通过与特质抑郁、愤怒、敌意、自尊和与陌生同龄人辩论时的情绪变化的相关性来表明。CSI可以由受过8年级教育的人完成。
Health problems of the urban poor have been attributed to psychosocial effects of environmental stress. Testing such models requires an ability to measure neighborhood characteristics that make life stressful. The City Stress Inventory (CSI) uses self-report to assess perceived neighborhood disorder and exposure to violence. Data from an interracial sample of urban adolescents show the CSI to be internally consistent, stable, and correlated with census indices of social disadvantage. Validity for stress research is indicated by correlations with trait depression, anger, hostility, self-esteem, and mood changes during a debate with an unfamiliar peer. The CSI can be completed by persons with an 8th-grade education.