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Delinquency in context; neighbourhood and gender interactions among adolescents
Marjan Drukker1, Charles D Kaplan, Frans J M Feron
1Department of Psychiatry, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Marjan.Drukker@MaastrichtUniversity.nl
Aim:
Delinquency among adolescents and antecedent conduct disorder among children has been recognized as a growing public mental health problem in contemporary societies. The contribution of the neighbourhood environment to delinquent behaviour was examined in a cohort of Dutch adolescents (aged approximately 11 years at baseline; n = 394).
Methods:
Multilevel regression analyses estimated associations between baseline neighbourhood socioeconomic status and social capital, and delinquent behaviour two years later controlling for individual-level variables.
Results:
A significant interaction effect was found between neighbourhood environment variables and gender in models of delinquency, indicating that associations between neighbourhood environment variables and delinquency were apparent, for the most part, in girls only. However, higher level of neighbourhood informal social control was associated with increased delinquency rates in boys.
Conclusion:
In girls there is a longitudinal association between neighbourhood characteristics and delinquency, suggesting complex gender differences in the way the wider social environment impacts on behavioural outcomes.
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