SOC363H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Context-Dependent Memory, Concentrated Poverty, Invisible Hand
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5. 2: neighbourhoods as social contexts. Social contexts in the stress process: note the different layers of social context involved: Individual to family to : work to , neighbourhood to, community to, region to, nation. Leads residents to stay inside their homes. Limit social exchanges to only close friends and family. Stresso rs: environment, residential instability, insecurity. Public services, institutional resources, collective efficacy, trust, green space, Physical disorder, social disorder, built. Life events, chronic stress, work stress. Turner (reading): community disorder , victimization, and mental health among youth. Community here a proxy for neighbourhood: connections bt contexts and individuals, socioeconomic disadvantage!neighbourhood disorder!individual victimization!mental health. Issue is the effect of threat vs. experience. Data and measures: national survey of children"s exposure to violence, sample is 2,039 children aged 10- 17. Symptoms checklist for children: family support: four items reported by the child, other life events: 9 non- violent stressful events.
