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DOI	10.1177/08862605211028326
	How Community and Individual Risk Factors Mutually Impact Youth's Perceived Safety: A Syndemic Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling
	Yang, Yingwei; Liller, Karen D.; Coulter, Martha; Salinas-Miranda, Abraham; Tyson, Dinorah Martinez; Chen, Henian
通讯作者	Yang, YW (corresponding author), Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd,MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612 USA.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
ISSN	0886-2605
EISSN	1552-6518
出版年	2021-06
英文摘要	The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mutual impact of community and individual factors on youth's perceptions of community safety, using structural equation modeling (SEM) conceptualized by syndemic theory. This study used survey data collected from a county wide sample of middle and high school students (N=25,147) in West Central Florida in 2015. The outcome variable was youth's perceptions of community safety. Predictors were latent individual and community factors constructed from 14 observed variables including gun accessibility, substance use, depressive symptoms, and multiple neighborhood disadvantage questions. Three structural equation models were conceptualized based on syndemic theory and analyzed in Mplus 8 using weighted least squares (WLS) estimation. Each model's goodness of fit was assessed. Approximately seven percent of youth reported feeling unsafe in their community. After model modifications, the final model showed a good fit of the data and adhered to the theoretical assumption. In the final SEM model, an individual latent factor was implied by individual predictors measuring gun accessibility without adult's permission (beta=0.70), sadness and hopelessness (beta=0.52), alcohol use (beta=0.79), marijuana use (beta=0.94), and illegal drug use (beta=0.77). Meanwhile, a community latent factor was indicated by multiple community problems including public drinking (beta=0.88), drug addiction (beta=0.96), drug selling (beta=0.97), lack of money (beta=0.83), gang activities (beta=0.90), litter and trash (beta=0.79), graffiti (beta=0.91), deserted houses (beta=0.86), and shootings (beta=0.93). A second-order syndemic factor that represented the individual and community factors showed a very strong negative association with youth's safe perception (beta=-0.98). This study indicates that individual risk factors and disadvantaged community conditions interacted with each other and mutually affected youth's perceptions of community safety. To reduce these co-occurring effects and improve safe perceptions among youth, researchers and practitioners should develop and implement comprehensive strategies targeting both individual and community factors.
英文关键词	youth violence community violence violence alcohol and drugs
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000677423400001
WOS关键词	NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY ; MENTAL-HEALTH ; VIOLENCE ; EXPOSURE ; ADOLESCENTS
WOS类目	Criminology & Penology ; Family Studies ; Psychology, Applied
WOS研究方向	Criminology & Penology ; Family Studies ; Psychology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367536
作者单位	[Yang, Yingwei; Tyson, Dinorah Martinez; Chen, Henian] Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd,MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612 USA; [Liller, Karen D.] Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, Activist Lab, Tampa, FL 33620 USA; [Coulter, Martha; Salinas-Miranda, Abraham] Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, Harrel Ctr Study Family Violence, Tampa, FL 33620 USA; [Salinas-Miranda, Abraham] Univ Nacl Autonoma Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Yingwei,Liller, Karen D.,Coulter, Martha,et al. How Community and Individual Risk Factors Mutually Impact Youth's Perceived Safety: A Syndemic Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling[J],2021.
APA	Yang, Yingwei,Liller, Karen D.,Coulter, Martha,Salinas-Miranda, Abraham,Tyson, Dinorah Martinez,&Chen, Henian.(2021).How Community and Individual Risk Factors Mutually Impact Youth's Perceived Safety: A Syndemic Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling.JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.
MLA	Yang, Yingwei,et al."How Community and Individual Risk Factors Mutually Impact Youth's Perceived Safety: A Syndemic Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling".JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE (2021).