Campus Units
Human Development and Family Studies, Psychology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2-2005
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume
114
Issue
1
First Page
3
Last Page
14
DOI
10.1037/0021-843X.114.1.3
Abstract
The authors tested neighborhood context, negative life events, and negative affectivity as predictors of the onset of major depression among 720 African American women. Neighborhood-level economic disadvantage (e.g., percentage of residents below the poverty line) and social disorder (e.g., delinquency, drug use) predicted the onset of major depression when controlling for individual-level demographic characteristics. Neighborhood-level disadvantage/disorder interacted with negative life events, such that women who experienced recent negative life events and lived in high disadvantage/disorder neighborhoods were more likely to become depressed than were those who lived in more benign settings, both concurrently and over a 2-year period. Neighborhood disadvantage/disorder can be viewed as a vulnerability factor that increases susceptibility to depression following the experience of negative life events.
Copyright Owner
American Psychological Association
Copyright Date
2005
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cutrona, Carolyn E.; Rusell, Daniel W.; Brown, P. Adama; Clark, Lee Anna; Hessling, Robert M.; and Gardner, Kelli A., "Neighborhood Context, Personality, and Stressful Life Events as Predictors of Depression Among African American Women" (2005). Psychology Publications. 110.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/psychology_pubs/110
Comments
This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.1.3. Posted with permission.