Neighborhood Profiles and Associations with Coping Behaviors among Low-Income Youth.

ABSTRACT: Extant research has typically examined neighborhood characteristics in isolation using variable-centered approaches; however, there is reason to believe that perceptions of the neighborhood environment influence each other, requiring the use of person-centered approaches to study these relationships. The present study sought to determine profiles of youth that differ in their perceptions of their neighborhoods and objective neighborhood characteristics, and whether these profiles are associated with youth coping. Participants were low-income, African American youth (N= 733; 51.0% female, M age = 18.76 years, SD = 1.71) from a metropolitan city who were originally recruited for the Youth Opportunity program in Baltimore, Maryland. A latent profile analysis was conducted which included self-

SUBMITTER: Rabinowitz JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8306217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature