Neighborhood Context and the Development of African American Children

Maria Loreto Martinez

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.