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The Relationship Between Parenting and Delinquency: A Meta-analysis

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Hoeve, Machteld, Dubas, Judith Semon, Eichelsheim, Veroni I., van der Laan, Peter H., Smeenk, Wilma, Gerris, Jan R. M.·2009·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Abstract

This meta-analysis of 161 published and unpublished manuscripts was conducted to determine whether the association between parenting and delinquency exists and what the magnitude of this linkage is. The strongest links were found for parental monitoring, psychological control, and negative aspects of support such as rejection and hostility, accounting for up to 11% of the variance in delinquency. Several effect sizes were moderated by parent and child gender, child age, informant on parenting, and delinquency type, indicating that some parenting behaviors are more important for particular contexts or subsamples. Although both dimensions of warmth and support seem to be important, surprisingly very few studies focused on parenting styles. Furthermore, fewer than 20% of the studies focused on parenting behavior of fathers, despite the fact that the effect of poor support by fathers was larger than poor maternal support, particularly for sons. Implications for theory and parenting are discussed.

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Crossref · 10.1007/s10802-009-9310-8

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    Males engage in more delinquent behavior than females.

    “Males are more involved in delinquent behavior than females.”
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    The quality of unpublished studies is questionable because they have not undergone peer review.

    “because the quality of unpublished studies is questioned because they have not gone through peer review”
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    Assessing study quality appropriately is complicated and often problematic.

    “assessing the quality of a study appropriately is complicated and often problematic”
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    The quality of retrospective studies is often questioned.

    “Given that the study quality of retrospective studies is often questioned we conducted several analyses in order to investigate the potential influence of these studies.”
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    Boys are more often delinquent than girls.

    “Given the lack of studies that investigate fathers and that boys are more often delinquent than girls, there appears to be a serious gap in research.”
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  • ConsistentQ(5) = 13.7reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .018

    “Q(5) = 13.7, p < .05”

  • ConsistentQ(3) = 8.8reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .032

    “Q(3) = 8.8, p < .05”

  • ConsistentQ(1) = 0.03reported p > .1 · recomputed p = .862

    “Q(1) = 0.03, p > .10”

  • ConsistentQ(1) = 1reported p > .1 · recomputed p = .317

    “Q(1) = 1.0, p > .10”

  • ConsistentQ(1) = 4.3reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .038

    “Qb(1) = 4.30, p < .05”

  • ConsistentQ(4) = 15.3reported p < .01 · recomputed p = .004

    “Qb(4) = 15.3, p < .01”

  • ConsistentQ(4) = 7.2reported p > .05 · recomputed p = .126

    “Qb(4) = 7.2, p > .05”

  • ConsistentQ(2) = 3.5reported p > .05 · recomputed p = .174

    “Qb(2) = 3.5, p > .05”

  • ConsistentQ(2) = 0.7reported p > .1 · recomputed p = .705

    “Q(2) = 0.7, p > .10”

  • Consistentz = -2.05reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .040

    “(z = −2.05, p < .05”

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    “(z = 2.36, p < .05”

  • Consistentz = -1.9reported p < .06 · recomputed p = .057

    “(z = −1.90, p < .06”

  • Consistentz = -2.28reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .023

    “(z = −2.28, p < .05”

  • Consistentz = -1.72reported p < .1 · recomputed p = .085

    “(z = −1.72, p < .10”

  • Consistentz = 1.68reported p < .1 · recomputed p = .093

    “(z = 1.68, p < .10”

  • Consistentz = 2.76reported p < .01 · recomputed p = .006

    “(z = 2.76, p < .01”

  • Consistentz = 1.92reported p < .1 · recomputed p = .055

    “(z = 1.92, p < .10”

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  • Parenting-questionnaire item count is both a moderator and a non-moderator

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    The discussion says the number of parenting-questionnaire items moderated the association, but the results explicitly say it did not.

  • Sample-size ranges disagree

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    The method gives a sample-size range of 35-6,751, whereas the results give 34-18,260 for the included studies.

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    The three design categories total 127 studies, but the results describe 119 independent studies. No overlap between these design categories is indicated.

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Authors
Hoeve, M., Dubas, J. S., Eichelsheim, V. I., van der Laan, P. H., Smeenk, W., & Gerris, J. R. M.
Affiliations
  • Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NL)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Hoeve, Machteld
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Published
2009-03-05
Volume
37
Issue
6
Pages
749-775
ISSN
  • 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2835
OpenAlex
W2060821273
Cited by
1,358
References
276
Citations by year
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FWCI
19.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
parenting, juvenile delinquency, parental supervision, psychological control, parental rejection, parental hostility, parental warmth, parenting support, parenting styles, father involvement, gender differences, child age, informant effects
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Authoritarianism, Child, Child Rearing, Female, Hostility, Humans, Internal-External Control, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Rejection, Psychology, Social Support, Parenting, Sex Distribution, Young Adult

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