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Simons, Ronald L.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1997
Iowa study of 207 nonmetropolitan White female-headed families (each a divorced mother, an adolescent in grade 8-9, and a sibling) found that mothers' ineffective parenting styles were related to community disorganization, both directly and indirectly via negative events, lack of social support, and depression. Community disorganization was highly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Context Effect