Neighborhood Context and the Development of African American Children Children of Poverty Series

The evidence of worsening life conditions, concentration of poverty, and high degree of African American segregation in urban areas has led to a growing interest in how neighborhood contexts effect child development and parenting behavior. This study attempts to understand development in context by focusing on the role of neighborhood influences early in child development and to shed light on the pathways by which family and community resources influence development.

Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics in Child Development; Neighborhood Context and Child Development; Findings and Limitations of Available Studies; Studying Neighborhood Influences in Context; The Social Ecology of Poor Neighborhoods; Development of the Perceived Neighborhood Scale; Method; Hypotheses; Data and Sample; Measures; Data Analyses; Results. Analysis of the Perceived Neighborhood Scale; Hypothesis Testing; Discussion;Perceived Neighborhood Scale; Neighborhood Influences on Development; Strengths of the Study; Limitations of the Study; Directions for Future Research; Implications for Intervention; Appendices; References; Index.

Maria Loreto Martinez