Doctoral Dissertation Research: Putting the Person into Context: An Integration of Personality and Social Disorganization Theory

本论文旨在探讨青少年反社会行为的共同人格和邻里因素。 数据来自农村物质使用和暴力项目，这是一项对肯塔基州中学生的纵向调查。 该调查的一部分包括人格的“五因素模型”的测量;关于孩子的邻里环境的数据也是可用的。 使用多水平模型的分析将集中在每个决定因素是否对反社会行为有独立的影响，以及两者是否相互作用，使两者都是共同必要的。 除了这些统计分析外，学校人员亦会提供质性数据，包括他们对调查工具的反应和统计结果，以及对学校气氛的评估。

This dissertation will investigate the joint personality and neighborhood determinants of juvenile and adolescent antisocial behvaior. Data come from the Rural Substance Use and Violence Project, a longitudinal survey of middle school students in Kentucky. Part of that survey included measures of the "Five Factor Model" of personality; data on the child's neighborhood context are also available. Analyses using multilevel models will focus on whether each determinant has independent effects on antisocial behavior and whether the two interact so that both are jointly necessary. These statistical analyses will be supplemented by qualitative data from school personnel including their reactions to the survey instrument and the statistical results as well as an assessment of the school atmosphere.