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Changes in Neighborhood Poverty from 1990 to 2000 and Youth's Problem Behaviors
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Leventhal, Tama; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2011
This study used data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, a multilevel, longitudinal study of children sampled from 80 diverse neighborhoods, to explore associations among changes in neighborhood poverty from 1990 to 2000 and changes in youth's internalizing problems and property and violent offenses over 6 years (N =…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Poverty, Effect Size
The Implications of Early Attentional Regulation for School Success among Low-Income Children
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Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012
This study examined the longitudinal associations between attentional regulation in preschool and children's school success in later elementary school within an at-risk sample (N = 2595). Specifically, two facets of attention (focused attention and lack of impulsivity) at age 5 were explored as independent predictors of children's achievement and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Readiness, Conceptual Tempo, Poverty
Neighborhood Structural Inequality, Collective Efficacy, and Sexual Risk Behavior among Urban Youth
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Browning, Christopher R.; Burrington, Lori A.; Leventhal, Tama; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2008
We draw on collective efficacy theory to extend a contextual model of early adolescent sexual behavior. Specifically, we hypothesize that neighborhood structural disadvantage--as measured by levels of concentrated poverty, residential instability, and aspects of immigrant concentration--and diminished collective efficacy have consequences for the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Adolescents, Sexuality, Urban Youth
Associations among Family Environment, Sustained Attention, and School Readiness for Low-Income Children
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Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2010
In this study, we examined the developmental pathways from children's family environment to school readiness within a low-income sample (N = 1,046), with a specific focus on the role of sustained attention. Six distinct factors of the family environment representing maternal parenting behaviors, the physical home environment, and maternal mental…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, School Readiness, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged
Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
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Sanbonmatsu, Lisa; Kling, Jeffrey R.; Duncan, Greg J.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Human Resources, 2006
Families originally living in public housing were assigned housing vouchers by lottery, encouraging moves to neighborhoods with lower poverty rates. Although we had hypothesized that reading and math test scores would be higher among children in families offered vouchers (with larger effects among younger children), the results show no significant…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Housing, Age, Public Housing
Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment. NBER Working Paper No. 11909
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Sanbonmatsu, Lisa; Kling, Jeffrey R.; Duncan, Greg J.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006
Families originally living in public housing were assigned housing vouchers by lottery, encouraging moves to neighborhoods with lower poverty rates. Although we had hypothesized that reading and math test scores would be higher among children in families offered vouchers (with larger effects among younger children), the results show no significant…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Scores, Housing