Perceptions of Collective Efficacy Among Single Mothers
Insights for Conceptualization and Measurement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2347822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheila Barnhart (0000-0001-8393-1852, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, corresponding author), Michael C Gearhart (0000-0002-1054-6985, University of Missouri–St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA), Kathryn Maguire‐jack (0000-0001-8063-7703, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), Kathryn Maguire-Jack |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 17 |
| Pages | 4019-4040 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192513x18804285 |
| OpenAlex | W2895723706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 80 |
Neighborhoods with higher levels of collective efficacy are associated with more favorable family outcomes such as lower teen pregnancy rates and less antisocial behavior among children. Collective efficacy is traditionally measured by combining the constructs of social cohesion and informal social control, yet these two constructs may have unique influences on family outcomes. While prior studies have examined collective efficacy's factor structure, there is limited understanding of this construct among single-mother families, who have unique social and economic characteristics. In this exploratory study, we tested a single-factor model and two-factor model separating social cohesion and informal social control to examine the underlying factor structure of collective efficacy with a diverse sample of 2,084 unmarried mothers who participated in the third wave in-home survey of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. Results support that informal social control and social cohesion were best modeled as two distinct, but related, constructs
Collective efficacy · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Exploratory factor analysis · Informal social control · Perception · Psychometrics · Social control · Social support · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Family-, School-, and Neighborhood-Level Predictors of Resilience for Adolescents with a History of Maltreatment
Integrating Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Collective Efficacy
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Mutual Efficacy Scale
The Multilevel Factor Structure of Social Cohesion, Mutual Efficacy, and Informal Social Control
Role of Informal Social Control in Predicting Racist Hate Speech on Online Platforms
Motherhood at the Margins
Criminogenic Risk, Criminogenic Need, Collective Efficacy, and Juvenile Delinquency
Social cohesion, mutual efficacy and informal social control
Compulsive immobility
Rural Child Maltreatment
The roles of neighborhood social cohesion, peer substance use, and adolescent depression in adolescent substance use
Preventing Neighborhood Disorder
Parent and Child Perceptions of Collective Efficacy as Predictors of Delinquency
Social cohesion, internal efficacy, and external efficacy
Assessing the emotional and behavioral impact of community and extra curricular activities, police contact, and collective efficacy among youth
Structural Equation Modeling
Collective Efficacy and Crime
Great American City
Neighborhood Safety and Overweight Status in Children
Parental perceptions of neighborhood processes, stress, personal control, and risk for physical child abuse and neglect
The protective effect of neighborhood social cohesion in child abuse and neglect
First‐time mothers
Stress, social support and depression in single and married mothers
Family Structure And Children’s Physical And Mental Health
Neighborhood Safety, Collective Efficacy, and Obesity in Women with Young Children
Community Variations in Violence
Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
An Empirical Evaluation of Alternative Methods of Estimation for Confirmatory Factor Analysis With Ordinal Data.
What is coefficient alpha? An examination of theory and applications.
Testing Structural Equation Models
Structural Equations with Latent Variables
Neighborhood Disadvantage
Social Cohesion and Food Insecurity
Putting Families Into Place
Research Regarding Low-Income Single Mothers' Mental and Physical Health
The Effects of Poverty on Children
Collective Regulation of Adolescent Misbehavior
Family- and community-related determinants of intimate partner violence among Mexican and Puerto Rican origin mothers in fragile families
Neighborhood and parenting both matter
Single mothers in their communities
Fragile Families
Examination of the influence of social capital on depression in fragile families
Collective Efficacy as a Task Specific Process
Community Social Organization, Parents, and Peers as Mediators of Perceived Neighborhood Block Characteristics on Delinquent and Prosocial Activities
Does Neighborhood Social Capital Buffer the Effects of Maternal Depression on Adolescent Behavior Problems
Neighborhood and Housing Disorder, Parenting, and Youth Adjustment in Low‐Income Urban Families
Resilient single mothers in risky neighborhoods
The Physiological Expression of Living in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods for Youth
The Protective Effects of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy on Adolescent Substance Use and Violence Following Exposure to Violence
Child-Care Subsidies and Family Well-Being
The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation
Fragile Families and the Reproduction of Poverty
Collective Efficacy, Authoritative Parenting and Delinquency
Social Disorganization, Social Capital, Collective Efficacy and the Spatial Distribution of Crime and Offenders
Collective Efficacy, Deprivation and Violence in London
Ecometrics
Collective Efficacy Predicting Experience of Material Hardship in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling
Avenues and Barriers to Residential Mobility among Single Mothers
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Disorder, and Health
Being a Good Mom
The Relationship Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Effective Parenting Behaviors
Maintaining Work
The Roles of Perceived Neighborhood Disorganization, Social Cohesion, and Social Control in Urban Thai Adolescents' Substance Use and Delinquency
A Test of Social Disorganization Theory in High-Risk Urban Neighborhoods
Neighborhood Structural Inequality, Collective Efficacy, and Sexual Risk Behavior among Urban Youth
Assessing 'Neighborhood Effects
Community Context, Social Integration Into Family, and Youth Violence
Family and child characteristics linking neighborhood context and child externalizing behavior
The George Wilson Effect
Social support, stress, and maternal postpartum depression
| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 2,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |