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| Title |
Adverse life events and delinquent behavior among Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study on the protective role of parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem
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| Published in |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1753-2000-8-24 |
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| Authors |
Caroline W Kabiru, Patricia Elung’ata, Sanyu A Mojola, Donatien Beguy |
| Abstract |
Past research provides strong evidence that adverse life events heighten the risk of delinquent behavior among adolescents. Urban informal (slum) settlements in sub-Saharan Africa are marked by extreme adversity. However, the prevalence and consequences of adverse life events as well as protective factors that can mitigate the effects of exposure to these events in slum settlements is largely understudied. We examine two research questions. First, are adverse life events experienced at the individual and household level associated with a higher likelihood of delinquent behavior among adolescents living in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya? Second, are parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem protective against delinquency in a context of high adversity? |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Uganda | 1 | 20% |
| Kenya | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 20% |
| Researcher | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 38 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 27 | 21% |
| Psychology | 26 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Unknown | 44 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 September 2016.
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#7,713,861
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#406
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#71,005
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#3
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