The Roles of Perceived Neighborhood Disorganization, Social Cohesion, and Social Control in Urban Thai Adolescents' Substance Use and Delinquency.
The Roles of Perceived Neighborhood Disorganization, Social Cohesion, and Social Control in Urban Thai Adolescents' Substance Use and Delinquency.
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10.1177/0044118x11421940
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发表时间：
2013-08-06
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2
通讯作者：
Chookhare W
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作者：
Byrnes HF;Miller BA;Chamratrithirong A;Rhucharoenpornpanich O;Cupp PK;Atwood KA;Fongkaew W;Rosati MJ;Chookhare W
泰国青少年的药物使用和犯罪问题日益成为公共卫生问题。研究将社区特征与这些结果联系起来，并将解释集中在社区混乱、社会凝聚力和社会控制上。本研究考察了这些社区结构与泰国青少年物质使用和犯罪的独立关联，通过同伴越轨，以确定哪些社区方面特别重要。在泰国曼谷的7个区随机抽取有13-14岁青少年的家庭（N=420）。结构方程模型显示，青少年，而不是父母，对更大混乱的感知与轻微和严重犯罪的增加率有关。令人惊讶的是，更大的社区凝聚力与更大的未成年人犯罪有关。同伴越轨行为与邻里变量无关。研究结果可以为泰国青少年的预防策略提供信息，因为结果表明，无论文化如何，社区对青少年的行为都很重要。进一步的工作应帮助社区利用社会凝聚力造福居民。
Substance use and delinquency in Thai adolescents are growing public health concerns. Research has linked neighborhood characteristics to these outcomes, with explanations focused on neighborhood disorganization, social cohesion, and social control. This study examines the independent associations of these neighborhood constructs with Thai adolescents’ substance use and delinquency, through peer deviance, to determine which neighborhood aspects are particularly important. Families (N=420) with adolescents aged 13–14 were randomly selected from 7 districts in Bangkok, Thailand. Structural equation modeling showed that adolescents’, but not parents’, perceptions of greater disorganization were related to increased rates of both minor and serious delinquency. Surprisingly, greater neighborhood cohesion was related to greater minor delinquency. Peer deviance was unrelated to neighborhood variables. Findings can inform prevention strategies for Thai adolescents, as results suggest that neighborhoods are important for adolescent behaviors regardless of culture. Further work should help communities make use of social cohesion to benefit residents.