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The Risk and Protective Functions of Perceived Family and Peer Microsystems Among Urban Adolescents in Poverty
Author(s) -
Seidman Edward,
Chesir-Teran Daniel,
Friedman Jennifer L.,
Yoshikawa Hirokazu,
Allen LaRue,
Roberts Ann,
Aber J. Lawrence
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1022835717964
Subject(s) - psychology , health psychology , developmental psychology , peer group , poverty , intervention (counseling) , social psychology , clinical psychology , public health , psychiatry , medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth
Utilized a pattern‐based approach to discover the different constellations of perceived social transactions separately for family and peer systems and explored the risk and protective functions of these microsystem profiles for both depression and antisocial behavior among a sample of ethnically and racially diverse urban adolescents living in poverty. Measures of perceived social support, involvement and hassles with family and peers, as well as perceived social acceptance and peers' values were entered into two sets of iterative cluster analyses to identify distinct profiles of family and peer transactions. From each of the perceived family and peer transactional analyses, six replicated profiles emerged. Several of the profiles were consistent with expectations from prior literature such as Enmeshing families and Rejecting peer networks, while others were novel and intriguing such as Entangling peers. Family profiles were consistent in their risk and protective associations for both depression and antisocial behavior, while the peer profiles varied in their effects for each developmental outcome. For example, the Rejecting peer profile placed adolescents at increased risk for depression but protected them from antisocial behavior. Implications for future research and preventive intervention are discussed.