Perceived neighborhood safety is positively associated with school attachment among 15-year-olds after controlling for individual, family, school, and external neighborhood factors¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Each standard deviation increase in perceived neighborhood safety is associated with a 34.8% of a standard deviation increase in school attachment. → Martin-Storey 2014

Evidence¶

Martin-Storey 2014¶

Martin-Storey, A., & Crosnoe, R. (2014). Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Adolescent School Functioning. Applied Developmental Science, 18(2), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2014.876276

q3 · i? · associational · r3

Structural equation modeling of SECCYD data (n = 924) predicting age-15 school attachment, controlling for prior school functioning, demographics, school factors, and three external neighborhood measures. The full model showed the printed association: "34.8% of a standard deviation increase in school attachment". No standardised effect size (d, r, eta-squared) was printed.

"perceived neighborhood safety was associated with higher levels of school attachment, with each standard deviation increase in perceived neighborhood safety being associated with 34.8% of a standard deviation increase in school attachment"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Census-based neighborhood poverty is positively associated with school attachment after controls — related
• Perceived neighborhood safety is protective for school attachment among low-income youth in high-disorder neighborhoods, and mediates the affluence-school attachment link only among non-low-income youth — related
• Family climate and school attachment exert reciprocal positive influences on each other over the middle school years — related
• Perceived neighborhood safety is not significantly associated with standardized test scores or GPA once confounding variables are controlled — related
• Among youth from low-income families, perceived neighborhood safety is negatively associated with GPA, whereas among non-low-income youth no association is observed — related
• The association between perceived neighborhood safety and GPA is moderated by observer-rated neighborhood disorder and by neighborhood affluence — related