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¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? For low-income youth, perceived neighborhood safety interacted with physical disorder to predict school attachment (beta = .24, p < .05), with high perceived safety associated with higher attachment in high-disorder neighborhoods. → Martin-Storey 2014 q3 i? A significant indirect association between neighborhood affluence and school attachment via neighborhood safety was observed only among adolescents whose families were not low-income (β = .03, p < .01, CI [.01, .07]). → Martin-Storey 2014 (2)

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 · r2

Interaction probed in multi-group SEM (n = 199 low-income; n = 725 other): high perceived neighborhood safety was associated with higher school attachment for low-income youth in neighborhoods with high levels of physical disorder. This interaction was not found for non-low-income youth.

"When school attachment was the outcome, a significant interaction was observed for youth from low-income families (beta = .24, p < .05)."

Martin-Storey 2014 (2)¶

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 · r2

Bootstrapped mediation models estimated by family income group: the indirect effect via perceived safety was significant only in the non-low-income group; no other indirect effects were observed, and none were observed in the full sample without moderators.

"A significant indirect association was observed between neighborhood affluence and school attachment (β = .03, p < .01, CI [.01, .07]), via neighborhood safety, among adolescents whose families were not low-income."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Socioeconomic Status — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

Related Claims¶

• Perceived neighborhood safety is positively associated with school attachment among 15-year-olds after controlling for individual, family, school, and external neighborhood factors — related
• Perceived neighborhood safety is not significantly associated with standardized test scores or GPA once confounding variables are controlled — related
• The association between perceived neighborhood safety and GPA is moderated by observer-rated neighborhood disorder and by neighborhood affluence — 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
• Observer-rated physical neighborhood disorder is negatively associated with GPA, with each standard deviation of disorder linked to a 20.7% of a standard deviation decrease — related
• After accounting for incoming academic achievement, neighborhood crime and poverty show effectively no relationship with school safety — related
• Census-based neighborhood poverty is positively associated with school attachment after controls — related