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Trejos-Castillo, Elizabeth., Vazsonyi, Alexander. and Young, Maureen. "Rural and Non-Rural African American Youth: Contextual Effects on the Etiology of Problem Behaviors" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 01, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p126374_index.html>

Trejos-Castillo, E. , Vazsonyi, A. T. and Young, M. , 2006-11-01 "Rural and Non-Rural African American Youth: Contextual Effects on the Etiology of Problem Behaviors" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p126374_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Official data indicate that African American youth are at greatest risk for early initiation of sexual activity, but also at risk for drug as well as alcohol use (CDC, 2004).Thus, to provide new information on the etiology of adolescent problem behaviors in African youth, the main goals of this study included to further explore the importance of known predictors, namely family processes (e.g., monitoring, support, communication; Capaldi et al., 1996; Luster & Small, 1994), neighborhood effects (e.g., neighborhood cohesion, Cubbin et al., 2005), and delinquent peers (Haynie, 2001) using an ecological framework. Based on social disorganization theory (Bursik, 1988; Osgood & Chambers, 2000), the study also aimed to test how different developmental contexts (rural versus non-rural) differentially the etiology of problem behaviors (Farmer et al., 2004). Data were collected from N = 687 rural and N = 182 non-rural African American adolescents (mean age = 15.8 years). Preliminary findings based on regression analyses indicate that family processes (e.g., support) and peer deviance had significant effects on early sexual intercourse, drug use, and alcohol use. The effects were consistent across developmental contexts (rural vs. non-rural) as no context main effects or interaction effects were found. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for ecological frameworks testing problem behavior etiology.

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