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  • Title: Neighborhood safety and social involvement: associations with parenting behaviors and depressive symptoms among African American and Euro-American mothers.
    Author: Hill NE, Herman-Stahl MA.
    Journal: J Fam Psychol; 2002 Jun; 16(2):209-19. PubMed ID: 12085733.
    Abstract:
    The relation between neighborhood characteristics and parenting and the mediating role of maternal depressive symptoms was examined among African American and Euro-American mothers of kindergarten children. Mothers' ratings of neighborhood safety were related to disciplinary strategies for both African American and Euro-American mothers but not to expressions of affection. Interviewers' ratings of safety were related to mothers' use of hostile socialization strategies. Both mothers' and interviewers' reports of safety were linked with maternal depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms mediated the relation between neighborhood safety and inconsistent discipline, suggesting that the influence of safety on inconsistent discipline was due to its impact on maternal depression. Although there were similarities across ethnic groups, the relation between social involvement and mothers' withdrawal of interactions with their children differed across groups.
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