Title
Cumulative And Relative Disadvantage As Long-Term Determinants Of Negative Self-Feelings
Abstract
We analyze the long-term effects of neighborhood poverty and crime on negative self-feelings of young adults. Cumulative and relative disadvantage explanations are tested with the interactive effect of (1) neighborhood and individual-level economic disadvantage and (2) neighborhood crime and economic disadvantage. Results from a longitudinal study following adolescents to young adulthood show that the development of negative self-feelings (a combination of depression, anxiety, and self-derogation) is determined by relative, rather than cumulative disadvantage. The poor in affluent neighborhoods have the highest negative self-feelings, while the relatively wealthy in poor neighborhoods have the lowest negative self-feelings. Similarly, we find the highest increase in negative self-feelings is found in an affluent neighborhood with crime and not in a poor neighborhood with crime. © 2012 Alpha Kappa Delta.
Publication Date
2-1-2013
Publication Title
Sociological Inquiry
Volume
83
Issue
1
Number of Pages
130-153
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682X.2012.00426.x
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84872573942 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84872573942
STARS Citation
Pals, Heili and Kaplan, Howard B., "Cumulative And Relative Disadvantage As Long-Term Determinants Of Negative Self-Feelings" (2013). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 6649.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/6649