Neighborhood influences on the development of self-regulation among children of color living in historically disinvested neighborhoods: Moderators and mediating mechanisms

Frontiers in Psychology

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Alexandra Ursache¹  Rita Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez¹  Spring Dawson-McClure¹ 

[1] Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

关键词: Self-regulation;    built environment;    Social enviroment;    Neighborhood;    Early Childhood;    Structural Racism;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.953304

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

We present a conceptual model of the ways in which built and social environments shape the development of self-regulation in early childhood. Importantly, in centering children of color growing up in historically disinvested neighborhoods, we first describe how systemic structures of racism and social stratification have shaped neighborhood built and social environment features. We then present evidence linking these neighborhood features to children’s development of self-regulation. Furthermore, we take a multilevel approach to examining three potential pathways linking neighborhood contexts to self-regulation: school environment and resources, home environment and resources, and child health. Finally, we consider how racial-ethnic-cultural strengths and multilevel interventions have the potential to buffer children’s development of self-regulation in disinvested neighborhood contexts. Advancing multilevel approaches to understand the development of self-regulation among children of color living in historically disinvested neighborhoods is an important step in efforts to promote equity in health and education.

【 授权许可】

CC BY