Residential Mobility and Adolescent Violence

Using two waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the impact of recent residential mobility on adolescent violence. A unique focus of our analysis is an examination of the ability of various mechanisms, including parent-child relationships, psycho...

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Published in:Social forces 2005-09, Vol.84 (1), p.361-374
Main Authors: Haynie, Dana L., South, Scott J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescents
Analysis
Behavior Patterns
Causes of
Data analysis
Depressive disorders
Deviant Behavior
Domestic violence
Family studies
Friendship
Geographic mobility
Longitudinal studies
Mobility
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Parent Child Relations
Parent Child Relationship
Parents
Peer Groups
Place of Residence
Psychological Distress
Residence
Residential Mobility
School violence
Sexual violence
Social capital
Social Networks
Social psychology
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Stress Variables
Victimization
Violence
Violent crimes
Youth problems
Youth violence
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Summary:Using two waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the impact of recent residential mobility on adolescent violence. A unique focus of our analysis is an examination of the ability of various mechanisms, including parent-child relationships, psychological distress, experiences of victimization, and peer networks, to account for the relationship between residential mobility and violent behavior. We pay particular attention to the ability of adolescent friendship networks, including both their structural characteristics (e.g., size, density, and centrality) and their behavioral composition (e.g., friends' participation in deviant activities) to transmit the detrimental effects of residential mobility. We find that residentially-mobile adolescents exhibit higher rates of violent behavior compared to non-mobile adolescents. Although most of the impact of residential mobility on adolescent violence remains unexplained by the potential mediators, friends' involvement in deviance is by far the most important of the mechanisms that we consider.
ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.1353/sof.2005.0104