This study investigates whether age and gender moderate the effects of social network and neighborgocentric social network ocial disorganization ontextual effects eighborhood effects ctivity space oderation hood contexts on adolescent substance use using a spatially embedded, egocentric social network data set comprised of 254 urban adolescents. Results indicate that substance use is enhanced b...

The main goal of the present study was to examine the influence of gender and age in the phenotypic expression of schizotypal traits in a community sample of adolescents. The sample was composed of a total of 1,618 participants, 776 (48%) males, with a mean age of 15.9 years (SD = 1.2). The ESQUIZO-Q: Oviedo Schizotypy Assessment Questionnaire was used for the assessment of schizotypal traits, ...

Although classical theorists tend to believe that immigrant youth are more delinquent than native-born adolescents, the existing empirical studies have shown the opposite. The current paper first gives a comprehensive overview of major theoretical explanations for the relatively lower level of delinquency among immigrant youth, including cultural perspectives, strain theories, social control th...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the contribution of neighborhood-level factors indicative of social disorganization, including educational and occupational attainment, immigrant concentration, physical disorder, and social cohesion, to the likelihood of intimate partner femicide (IPF) while taking into account known neighborhood- and individual-level IPF risk factors. METHODS We used medical examiner...

Diagnostic and Symptom Quantification Procedures Masters or Doctoral-level clinicians conducted diagnostic evaluations and clinical ratings. Diagnoses were confirmed by consensus conference. Among a random sample of 10 subjects, the level of inter-rater agreement for diagnosis was high, with kappa = 0.86. Symptoms were quantified with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Scale for the Ass...

This research demonstrates wide variation in tightness-looseness (the strength of punishment and degree of latitude/permissiveness) at the state level in the United States, as well as its association with a variety of ecological and historical factors, psychological characteristics, and state-level outcomes. Consistent with theory and past research, ecological and man-made threats--such as a hi...