Untangling the associations among distrust, race, and neighborhood social environment: A social disorganization perspective

Using Social Media to Assess Neighborhood Social Disorganization: A Case Study in the United Kingdom

Urban communities can benefit from behavior regulation of their members in the interest of collective values. The absence of such control is related to the concept of social disorganization and is hypothesized to be associated with crime and anti-social behavior in neighborhoods. Social disorganization is, however, hard to quantify due to the lack of data and the inherent complexity that emerge...

the relationship between language and social capital in ilami kurdish: a sociopragmatic approach

چکیده زبان به عنوان یک وسیله در ایجاد و بازسازی سرمایه اجتماعی در چند دهه گذشته مورد توجه بوده است. اگر چه درباره سرمایه اجتماعی و سازه های مربوط به آن زیاد نوشته شده است ولی خیلی کم بر روی اینکه چطور زبان می تواند باعث ایجاد اعتماد یا بی اعتمادی بشود مطالعه ای انجام شده است. این مطالعه به منظور تحقق دو هدف انجام گرفته است. اول تلاش خواهد شد تا یک گونه شناسی از واژگانی که مردم کرد زبان شهر ا...

Defining Neighborhood: Social Disorganization Theory, Official Data, and Community Perceptions

Race, Environment, and Neighborhood Choice

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The neighborhood social environment and body mass index among youth: a mediation analysis

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine associations between aspects of the neighborhood social environment and body mass index (BMI) in youth both cross-sectionally and prospectively; and whether this association was mediated by physical activity, screen-time and sedentary time. METHODS Data were collected in 2004 and 2006 in high and low socio-economic areas of Melbourne, Australia. In 2004,...