Traumatic Stress Among Seriously Delinquent Youth: Considering the Consequences of Neighborhood Circumstance

Abstract

Myriad factors have been found to have an impact on delinquent behavior and traumatic stress. This study proposes a model that tests the relationship between common predictors of delinquency (neighborhood condition, antisocial peer socialization, and exposure to violence) with traumatic stress. Serial mediation was used to test the relationships between these predictors and traumatic stress. Results indicate the mediation effect between neighborhood conditions and traumatic stress significantly reduces the total effect. Implications for traumatic stress in the context of delinquent behavior are discussed.

Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage and Dating Violence among Urban Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Neighborhood Social Processes

“…Social disorganization theory provides one framework for understanding the relationship between neighborhood structural disadvantage and adolescent dating violence. Another explanation to the association between concentrated disadvantage and dating violence may be that individuals within areas of disadvantage are at a higher risk for exposure to risk factors for dating violence, including being exposed to community violence, interpersonal violence, and traumatic stress (Benson, Fox, DeMaris, & Van Wyk, ; Black et al., ; Jaggers et al., ; Voith & Brondino, ). In addition, these structural neighborhood characteristics may impede the values and norms of a community: violence may be seen as expected, tolerated or necessary (Berg et al., ).…”

“…Furthermore, adolescence is an important developmental period to consider the influence of neighborhoods, as youth spend an increasing amount of time in social contexts outside of their home (Leventhal, Depéré, & Brooks‐Gunn, ). Neighborhood structural characteristics (e.g., economic disadvantage) and social processes (e.g., social connection) influence adolescent engagement in risk‐related behaviors, educational outcomes, and physical and mental health outcomes, including traumatic stress (Jaggers, Prattini, & Church, ; Leventhal & Brooks‐Gunn, ; Leventhal et al., ). Structural characteristics of disadvantage, including economic status, residential mobility and family disruption, have consistently been associated with higher levels of violent outcomes in urban youth and adults (Romero, Richards, Harrison, Garbarino, & Mozley, ; Voith & Brondino, ).…”

Perceptions of mental health services among the children who are in conflict with the law in Jammu and Kashmir

“…Another research has shown that teenagers who view their closest friends as deviant are likelier to participate in delinquency (Rokven et al, 2017), increasing their propensity to protest, stone pelting in Kashmir and delinquency in Jammu (Mathur, 2016; Khanna et al, 2020). Neighbourhood, peers and exposure to various conflict-related factors affect children’s mental health (Jaggers et al, 2016). They are owing to low academic performance and a lack of rapport between teachers and adolescents (Suri, 2014; Malla, 2019; Dar & Deb, 2020).…”