In the eye of the beholder: mothers' perceptions of poor neighborhoods as places to raise children
dc.contributor.author | Dahl, Trayci A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ceballo, Rosario | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Huerta, Marisela | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-14T20:04:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-01T16:26:47Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2010-05 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Dahl, Trayci; Ceballo, Rosario; Huerta, Marisela (2010). "In the eye of the beholder: mothers' perceptions of poor neighborhoods as places to raise children Trayci Dahl is now in private practice with Orange County Forensics, Inc. Marisela Huerta is now with the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We wish to thank all of the mothers who made time to talk with us and participate in this study. We are also appreciative of the assistance provided by many dedicated and talented University of Michigan graduate and undergraduate students. Funding for this study was provided by the Department of Psychology and the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan. ." Journal of Community Psychology 38(4): 419-434. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/69195> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0090-4392 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1520-6629 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/69195 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study explores how mothers facing similar neighborhood conditions evaluate their neighborhoods as places to raise children. The authors relied upon a triangulation of methods, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a sample of 91 low-income mothers. Content analysis of qualitative interviews revealed that mothers often hold divergent views about the quality of the same or similar neighborhoods. Mothers' overall neighborhood perceptions were influenced by several specific indicators, including social interaction, collective efficacy, fear of crime, personal victimization, and neighborhood incivilities. Moreover, mothers' subjective neighborhood perceptions were related to their parenting strategies. This study thus underscores the importance of not solely relying on “objective” neighborhood criteria such as census data, but of also attending to residents' subjective perceptions of their own neighborhoods. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | In the eye of the beholder: mothers' perceptions of poor neighborhoods as places to raise children | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan ; University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/69195/1/20372_ftp.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/jcop.20372 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Community Psychology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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