Table 3.
Results of regressions showing relationships of neighborhood crime with emotion regulation outcomes
| Attention
|
Appraisal
|
Response
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative Facilitation a | Negative Disengagementa | Fear | Anger | Sadness | Internalizing | Externalizing | |
| Child/Family level | |||||||
| 2004 Cohort | −0.90 (0.69) | −0.21 (0.72) | 0.08 (0.15) | 0.11 (0.14) | 0.10 (0.16) | −0.036+ (0.020) | 0.043 (0.049) |
| Child Gender – Boy | 0.17 (0.54) | 0.22 (0.54) | −0.01 (0.10) | −0.26** (0.11) | −0.13 (0.13) | −0.020 (0.018) | 0.153** (0.034) |
| Child Age | −0.28 (0.35) | 0.46 (0.39) | −0.18* (0.08) | −0.12 (0.08) | −0.26** (0.08) | −0.016 (0.012) | −0.040* (0.018) |
| Child Race – Black | −0.04 (1.37) | 2.01 (1.29) | −0.05 (0.21) | 0.07 (0.24) | 0.19 (0.25) | −0.013 (0.022) | 0.171* (0.071) |
| Child Race – Hispanic | 0.45 (1.11) | 0.90 (1.20) | −0.19 (0.26) | −0.19 (0.24) | −0.19 (0.21) | 0.022 (0.017) | −0.046 (0.065) |
| Maternal Education <HS | −0.71 (0.70) | 0.92 (0.90) | 0.01 (0.19) | 0.15 (0.18) | −0.01 (0.15) | −0.003 (0.027) | 0.045 (0.042) |
| Income to Needs Ratio | −0.37 (0.34) | −0.30 (0.33) | −0.13+ (0.08) | −0.20** (0.06) | −0.09 (0.07) | −0.004 (0.010) | −0.050* (0.024) |
| Mother Unemployed | −0.07 (0.58) | −1.64** (0.58) | 0.04 (0.14) | −0.03 (0.13) | 0.28+ (0.17) | 0.008 (0.021) | 0.015 (0.042) |
| Mother Married or Living w/ Partner | −0.79 (0.60) | 0.86 (0.59) | 0.14 (0.13) | −0.07 (0.12) | 0.05 (0.15) | −0.012 (0.017) | 0.007 (0.036) |
| Number Times Moved (last year) | 0.58 (0.40) | −0.36 (0.53) | 0.15 (0.10) | −0.05 (0.09) | 0.27** (0.10) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.03 (0.03) |
| Child Interpersonal Violence Exposure | 0.49 (0.89) | −0.12 (0.96) | 0.38+ (0.22) | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.41+ (0.26) | 0.10** (0.04) | 0.19** (0.06) |
| Neighborhood level | |||||||
| # Crimes (in units of 1000) | 1.50* (0.77) | 1.10 (0.82) | −0.29* (0.15) | 0.02 (0.15) | 0.20 (0.16) | −0.042* (0.021) | −0.023 (0.040) |
| Race – % Black | 0.04 (0.03) | −0.00 (0.02) | 0.01 (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.00 (0.01) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.000 (0.001) |
| Race – % Hispanic | 0.06+ (0.03) | 0.02 (0.03) | 0.01 (0.01) | −0.00 (0.01) | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.000 (0.001) |
| % Single Mother Households | −0.05 (0.06) | 0.03 (0.06) | −0.03 (0.02) | 0.01 (0.02) | 0.01 (0.02) | −0.001 (0.002) | −0.002 (0.004) |
| % <HS Education | −0.06+ (0.03) | −0.04 (0.03) | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.01) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.001 (0.001) | −0.001 (0.002) |
| % Unemployed | −0.05 (0.04) | −0.01 (0.04) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.01) | −0.00 (0.01) | 0.002 (0.001) | −0.005 (0.003) |
| % Poverty | 0.01 (0.03) | 0.01 (0.03) | 0.00 (0.01) | −0.00 (0.01) | 0.01+ (0.01) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.002 (0.002) |
Notes Robust standard errors in parentheses
**
p < .01
*
p < .05
+
p < .10
a
Attention scores rescaled to represent units of 10 milliseconds.
Bold text highlights the primary study variable of interest: neighborhood crime.