The neighborhood context of adolescent mental health
The neighborhood context of adolescent mental health
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DOI：
10.2307/2137258
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发表时间：
1996-12-01
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5
通讯作者：
Sucoff, CA
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作者：
Aneshensel, CS;Sucoff, CA
青少年的心理健康障碍普遍存在，往往会延续到成年期，并且似乎与社会地位呈负相关。我们研究社区环境的结构方面，特别是社会经济分层和种族/民族隔离，如何通过影响青少年对其社区的主观认知来影响他们的情绪健康。通过对洛杉矶县877名青少年的社区样本进行研究，我们发现低社会经济地位（SES）社区的青少年比高SES社区的青少年感知到更多的周边危险，如犯罪、暴力、吸毒和涂鸦。反过来，将社区视为危险的这种认知会影响青少年的心理健康：社区看起来越危险，抑郁、焦虑、对立违抗障碍和品行障碍的症状就越常见。社会稳定性以及在较小程度上的社会凝聚力，也成为导致青少年心理障碍的因素。这项研究表明，对年轻人心理健康的研究应考虑他们所生活的社会经济和人口环境。
Mental health disorders in adolescence are pervasive, often carry into adulthood, and appear to be inversely associated with social status. We examine how structural aspects of neighborhood context, specifically, socioeconomic stratification and racial/ethnic segregation, affect adolescent emotional well-being by shaping subjective perceptions of their neighborhoods. Using a community-based sample of 877 adolescents in Los Angeles County, we find that youth in low socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhoods perceive greater ambient hazards such as crime, violence, drug use, and graffiti than those in high SES neighborhoods. The perception of the neighborhood as dangerous, in turn, influences the mental health of adolescents: the mol-e threatening the neighborhood, the more common the symptoms of depression, anxiety, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder. Social stability and, to a lesser extent, social cohesion, also emerge as contributors to adolescent disorder. This investigation demonstrates that research into the mental health of young people should consider the socioeconomic and demographic environments in which they live.