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This is a study of successful youth development in poor, disadvantaged neighborhoods in Denver and Chicago - a study of how children living in the worst neighborhoods develop or fail to develop the values, competencies and commitments that lead to a productive, healthy responsible adult life. While there is a strong focus on neighborhood effects, the study employs a multicontextual model examining both the direct effects of the neighborhood ecology, social organization and contexts embedded in the neighborhood. The unique and combined influence of the neighborhood, family, school, peer group and individual attributes on developmental success is estimated. The view that growing up in a poor, disadvantaged neighborhood condemns one to a life of repeated failure and personal pathology is revealed as a myth, as most youth in these neighborhoods are completing the developmental tasks of adolescence successfully.

Children --- Community organization --- Neighborhood --- Neighborhoods --- Youth with social disabilities --- Social conditions. --- At-risk youth (Social sciences) --- Socially handicapped youth --- Youth at risk (Social sciences) --- People with social disabilities --- Youth with disabilities --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology