Measuring Community Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Evidence from a Developing Nation

Autor/inn/en	Maguire, Edward R.; Wells, William; Katz, Charles M.
Titel	Measuring Community Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Evidence from a Developing Nation
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 48 (2011) 4, S.594-620 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4278
DOI	10.1177/0022427810395148
Schlagwörter	Construct Validity; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; At Risk Persons; Behavior Problems; Community Influence; Community Characteristics; Public Schools; Urban Schools; Prosocial Behavior; Neighborhoods; Delinquency; Crime; Trinidad and Tobago + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Risikogruppe; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Kriminalität; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Trinidad und Tobago
Abstract	Most published research on community risk and protective factors for adolescent problem behaviors has been carried out in developed nations. This article examines community risk and protective factors in a sample of more than 2,500 adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago, a developing Caribbean nation. The authors examine the construct and concurrent validity of five community risk factors and two community protective factors. The findings of this study suggest that existing measures of risk and protective factors have weak construct validity when applied to a sample of youth from Trinidad and Tobago. The revised model specifications this study developed fit the data better than the original models developed in the United States. However, the concurrent validity of both sets of measures is weak. Our findings suggest the need for caution when transplanting measures of risk and protective factors from developed to developing nations. (Contains 4 tables and 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10