TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in Neighborhood Social Control and Disorder and Their Relationship to Exercise Behavior
AU - Wallace, Danielle
AU - Chamberlain, Alyssa
AU - Fahmy, Chantal
N1 - Funding Information:
Justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She received the Bureau of Justice Statistics Graduate Research Fellowship to complete her dissertation project and will receive her PhD from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Her primary research interests include prisoner reentry, health and health behaviors, social support, and institutional corrections more broadly. Currently, she manages a longitudinal National Institute of Justice grant assessing the implications of prison and street gang membership for recidivism and reentry.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - Neighborhood disorder influences a myriad of health conditions and behaviors, including physical activity. Disorder diminishes individuals’ perceptions of neighborhood safety, which then potentially reduces exercise behavior. This study explores the relationship between individuals’ perceptions of neighborhood disorder, social control, and their exercise behavior, and whether individuals’ perceived changes in disorder and social control are also related to exercise behavior. Using the Community, Crime, and Health survey, we employ Poisson-logit hurdle models to address these questions. Results show that the safer respondents perceive their neighborhood, the more days a week they engage in moderate exercise. Perceptual changes had similar effects for moderate and strenuous exercise. Perceptual decreases in graffiti increase moderate exercise. Perceived reductions in overall social control and disorder as well as other cues decreased the likelihood and overall amount of strenuous exercise. In conclusion, when individuals perceive that their environment is improving, this may encourage increased exercise.
AB - Neighborhood disorder influences a myriad of health conditions and behaviors, including physical activity. Disorder diminishes individuals’ perceptions of neighborhood safety, which then potentially reduces exercise behavior. This study explores the relationship between individuals’ perceptions of neighborhood disorder, social control, and their exercise behavior, and whether individuals’ perceived changes in disorder and social control are also related to exercise behavior. Using the Community, Crime, and Health survey, we employ Poisson-logit hurdle models to address these questions. Results show that the safer respondents perceive their neighborhood, the more days a week they engage in moderate exercise. Perceptual changes had similar effects for moderate and strenuous exercise. Perceptual decreases in graffiti increase moderate exercise. Perceived reductions in overall social control and disorder as well as other cues decreased the likelihood and overall amount of strenuous exercise. In conclusion, when individuals perceive that their environment is improving, this may encourage increased exercise.
KW - built environment
KW - exercise
KW - health behaviors
KW - neighborhood disorder
KW - physical activity
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U2 - 10.1177/0013916518761530
DO - 10.1177/0013916518761530
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044355864
SN - 0013-9165
VL - 51
SP - 717
EP - 748
JO - Environment and Behavior
JF - Environment and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -