Placing Youth in the “Spatial Turn”: An Intersectional Analysis of Youth Experiences in a Changing Neighborhood

Alicea, Julio Angel

doi:10.1007/s11256-022-00641-6

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“…Moreover, the findings show that both quantitative and qualitative data were necessary to address the study aims. We centered adolescents' observation in the analysis to elevate their lived experiences (Alicea, 2023). We recommend that researchers approach their decisions with careful attention to shared and unshared aspects of researcher observation versus adolescent observation and to carefully consider what approach best addresses research questions gaps.…”

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“…We utilized a complementary mixed methods framework in which we employed distinct methods that explored the same conceptual phenomenon (i.e., neighborhood environmental features). We come from interpretivist/constructivist epistemology (Chen et al, 2011) with a focus on adolescents' perspectives to elevate adolescents' voices and lived experiences (Alicea, 2023). We interpreted their experiences in a theoretically grounded framework drawing from prior research and culturally informed perspectives (Coll et al, 1996; Spencer, 2007).…”

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A mixed methods comparison of adolescents' and researchers' observations of neighborhood characteristics in Latinx neighborhoods

Pasco,

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2024

American J of Comm Psychol

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We used a convergent mixed methods research design to compare and contrast researchers' neighborhood environmental assessments collected using systematic social observations with adolescents' neighborhood environmental assessments collected by semi‐structured interviews with US Mexican adolescents. Using qualitative methods, we found that adolescents sometimes observed the same neighborhood environmental features as researchers. They also sometimes observed different environmental features altogether; in both cases they sometimes layered on additional meaning making. Using mixed methods, we found that there was a high degree of overlap between researchers and adolescents in terms of agreement on the presence of neighborhood environmental features, including physical disorder, physical decay, street safety, and sociocultural symbols. Adolescents expanded upon these neighborhood environmental features with references to positive and negative affect and neighborhood environmental resources. This work highlights the shared and unique aspects of researcher versus adolescent observations and how both data sources are critical to understanding Latinx neighborhood environments.

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