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Gardner, Margo; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
In a sample of urban youth (N = 1,070), we examined the links between primary caregiver affect (i.e., warmth and hostility) and two measures of sexual behavior in adolescence--early sexual initiation and sex with multiple partners. We also examined the extent to which neighborhood disadvantage moderated associations between caregiver affect and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Caregivers, Adolescents, Sexuality
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Browning, Christopher R.; Burrington, Lori A.; Leventhal, Tama; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2008
We draw on collective efficacy theory to extend a contextual model of early adolescent sexual behavior. Specifically, we hypothesize that neighborhood structural disadvantage--as measured by levels of concentrated poverty, residential instability, and aspects of immigrant concentration--and diminished collective efficacy have consequences for the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Adolescents, Sexuality, Urban Youth