A Multilevel Structural Resilience Model
When and for Whom do Neighbourhoods Really Matter?
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- Man-Kit Lei, Ronald L. Simons
The article analyses the relation between individual well-being and neighbourhood characteristics. After reviewing the literature on neighbourhood effects, the authors consider two important mechanisms whereby neighbourhood characteristics affect individual well-being: mediation and moderation. They propose a multilevel structural resilience model which recognises that various social processes may simultaneously function as both mediators and moderators of neighbourhood context on individual well-being.
