The Direct and Indirect Associations between Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adolescent Gun Violence
The Direct and Indirect Associations between Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adolescent Gun Violence
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DOI：
10.1080/15374416.2019.1644646
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发表时间：
2019-08-09
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Pardini, Dustin
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作者：
Beardslee, Jordan;Docherty, Meagan;Pardini, Dustin
我们研究了儿童社会经济劣势是否与青少年枪支暴力有关，以及行为障碍的早期症状和/或接触犯罪同龄人是否与此相关。参与者是503名主要是黑人和白色男孩，他们是从匹兹堡公立学校一年级招募的。从大约7岁到20岁定期进行多信息提供者评估。当男孩大约7（1）/（2）岁时，利用人口普查和父母报告的数据估计潜在的社会经济不利因素。潜在增长曲线模型评估了父母/教师报告的行为问题和青少年报告的同伴犯罪，从7（1）/（2）到10岁。结果是年轻人在20岁左右参与枪支暴力。我们还控制了种族。分析研究了儿童社会经济劣势与青少年枪支暴力之间的关联是否通过早期行为问题和/或更多地接触犯罪同龄人来调解。儿童社会经济劣势与青少年枪支暴力有关，其中一些影响是通过同龄人犯罪和行为问题来调解的。具体而言，儿童社会经济劣势与儿童早期与犯罪同龄人的联系更紧密相关，早期同龄人犯罪促进了整个儿童期行为问题的增加，而这些行为问题反过来又导致青少年枪支暴力风险增加。总之，这项研究发现，早期的社会经济劣势与青少年枪支暴力直接或间接相关。结果表明，旨在减少儿童期行为问题和越轨同伴群体关系的干预措施可能是减少贫困社区枪支暴力的重要机会窗口。
We examined whether childhood socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with adolescent gun violence and whether early symptoms of conduct disorder and/or exposure to delinquent peers accounted for the linkage. Participants were 503 predominately Black and White boys who were recruited in 1st grade from Pittsburgh public schools. Multi-informant assessments were conducted regularly from approximately ages 7 to 20. A latent socioeconomic disadvantage factor was estimated with census-tract and parent-reported data when boys were about age 7(1)/(2). Latent growth curve models assessed parent/teacher-reported conduct problems and youth-reported peer delinquency from about ages 7(1)/(2) to 10. The outcome was youth-reported engagement in gun violence by about age 20. We also controlled for race. Analyses examined whether the association between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and adolescent gun violence was mediated through early conduct problems and/or increased exposure to delinquent peers. Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with adolescent gun violence, and some of this effect was mediated through peer delinquency and conduct problems. Specifically, childhood socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with greater affiliation with delinquent peers in early childhood, and early peer delinquency promoted a greater increase in conduct problems across childhood, and these conduct problems, in turn, led to an increased risk for adolescent gun violence. In summary, this study found that early socioeconomic disadvantage was directly and indirectly related to adolescent gun violence. Results suggest that interventions that aim to reduce conduct problems and deviant peer group affiliation in childhood might be important windows of opportunity for reducing gun violence in impoverished neighborhoods.