Residential Mobility and Adolescent Risk Behavior

SES-0213319 Scott J. SouthState University of纽约奥尔巴尼住宅流动性和青少年风险行为这项研究旨在解释为什么一个家庭的住宅流动性往往会对他们的青少年子女产生负面影响。 改变学校与各种危险的青少年行为和负面结果相关，如犯罪，性活动，自杀和学业成绩差。 本研究试图找出解释这些结果的机制。同龄人的社交网络可能特别重要，因为地位低、经常离经叛道的同龄人群体可能更容易接受新入学的学生。 该分析将使用来自国家青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）的新纵向数据，其中包括结果和同伴网络的测量。 该项目有望发展社会控制和社交网络理论，并使家长和学校官员了解青少年在搬到新社区和新学校时所经历的压力。

SES-0213319Scott J. SouthState University of New York at AlbanyResidential Mobility and Adolescent Risk BehaviorThis research seeks to explain why a family's residential mobility tends to have a negative impact on their adolescent children. Changing schools is correlated with a variety of risky adolescent behaviors and negative outcomes such as delinquency, sexual activity, suicide, and poor academic achievement. This study attempts to identify the mechanisms that explain these outcomes. Peer social networks may be especially important since low status, often deviant, peer groups may be more receptive to new, entering students. The analysis will use new longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) that include measures of both outcomes and peer networks. The project holds promise for developing theories of social control and social networks, and for informing parents and school officials as they deal with the stresses experienced by adolescents when they move to new communities and schools.