In the Eye of the Beholder: Mothers' Perceptions of Poor Neighborhoods as Places to Raise Children

Autor/inn/en	Dahl, Trayci; Ceballo, Rosario; Huerta, Marisela
Titel	In the Eye of the Beholder: Mothers' Perceptions of Poor Neighborhoods as Places to Raise Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (2010) 4, S.419-434 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20372
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Qualitative Research; Crime; Mothers; Interpersonal Relationship; Statistical Analysis; Mother Attitudes; Content Analysis; Fear; Child Rearing; Low Income; Interviews; Victims of Crime; Measures (Individuals); Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Qualitative Forschung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Mother; Mutter; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Statistische Analyse; Mutterliebe; Inhaltsanalyse; Furcht; Kindererziehung; Niedriglohn; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Messdaten
Abstract	This study explores how mothers facing similar neighborhood conditions evaluate their neighborhoods as places to raise children. The authors relied upon a triangulation of methods, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a sample of 91 low-income mothers. Content analysis of qualitative interviews revealed that mothers often hold divergent views about the quality of the same or similar neighborhoods. Mothers' overall neighborhood perceptions were influenced by several specific indicators, including social interaction, collective efficacy, fear of crime, personal victimization, and neighborhood incivilities. Moreover, mothers' subjective neighborhood perceptions were related to their parenting strategies. This study thus underscores the importance of not solely relying on "objective" neighborhood criteria such as census data, but of also attending to residents' subjective perceptions of their own neighborhoods. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10