This article provides a comprehensive review of research on the effects of neighborhood
residence on child and adolescent well-being. The first section reviews key methodological …

Abstract Early adolescence (ages 10–14 years) is among the most neglected stages of
development, yet there are few stages during the life course where changes are as dramatic …

Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political
decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political …

We examine the question of whether living in a disadvantaged neighborhood damages
health, over and above the impact of personal socioeconomic characteristics. We …

This article synthesizes findings from a wide range of empirical research into how
neighborhoods affect families and children. It lays out a conceptual framework for …

Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion,
and Education. Hall's vision blended attention to individual and contextual factors, as well as …

Objectives. Few reports address the impact of cumulative exposure to childhood abuse and
family dysfunction on teen pregnancy and consequences commonly attributed to teen …

This article summarizes two decades of research about family, and especially parental,
influences on the risk of adolescents becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Research …

Over the last 20 years, some urban sociologists have placed Fischer's 1975 article,"
Subcultural Theory of Urbanism," on equal footing with Wirth's 1938 classic," Urbanism as a …

Both men and women are important actors in bringing children into life, yet demographic
studies on reproduction have tended to focus on women alone. The aims of this article are …