%0 Journal Article
%T Mental Health, Deprivation, and the Neighborhood Social Environment: A Network Analysis
%A Andrew Kerr
%A Cecil Kullu
%A Eoin McElroy
%A Jason C. McIntyre
%A Katerina Panagaki
%A Keith Holt
%A Mark Gabbay
%A Mick McKeown
%A Pooja Saini
%A Rajan Nathan
%A Rhiannon Corcoran
%A Richard P. Bentall
%A Tim Wilson
%J Clinical Psychological Science
%@ 2167-7034
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2167702619830640
%X Different aspects of the neighborhood social environment have been linked with mental ill health; however, the mechanisms underlying these associations remain poorly understood because of the number and complexity of the components involved. We used a novel statistical approach, network analysis, to explore the complex associations between neighborhood social cohesion, social disorder, and mental-health symptoms in a sample of 3,670 adults from an economically deprived region of the United Kingdom (mean age = 49.34 years, SD = 18.87; 57% female). Elasso regularized networks were estimated, and network comparisons were conducted by level of deprivation. Mental-health symptoms and neighborhood components formed relatively distinct clusters of items. These domains were linked primarily by paranoia, although only in the most deprived group. Drunken/rowdy behavior was particularly influential within the neighborhood cluster; therefore, policies aimed at reducing such disruptive behavior could have positive knock-on effects for social cohesion and mental health
%K deprivation
%K mental health
%K neighborhood environment
%K network analysis
%K social capital
%K antisocial behavior
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702619830640