TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Linking community context to quality of parenting: a study of rural families
JO  - Rural sociology
A1  - Simons, Ronald L.
A1  - Johnson, Christine
A1  - Conger, Rand D.
A1  - Lorenz, Frederick O.
SP  - 207
EP  - 230
VL  - 62
IS  - 2
N2  - Virtually all past studies of the effect of community context on families and children have focused on large metropolitan communities. Using a sample of divorced women living in small, Midwestern communities, the present study tests a model of the processes whereby community structure influences parenting practices. Results obtained through structural equation modeling supported the hypotheses. High concentrations of disadvantaged people within a community were indirectly related to parenting through community social disorganization. Community social disorganization had a direct effect on quality of parenting, as well as indirect effects through negative events, access to social support, and depressed mood. The various methodological and theoretical implications of these findings are considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-0112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1549-0831.1997.tb00651.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -