Quality of Parenting as Mediator of the Effect of Childhood Defiance on Adolescent Friendship Choices and Delinquency: A Growth Curve Analysis
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Social scientists agree that childhood antisocial behavior portends adolescent delinquency, but there is little agreement regarding the theoretical processes that account for this behavioral continuity. Latent growth curve modeling was used to test latent trait and social influence explanations for this association. The analyses used data collected annually over a 4‐year period from a sample of 149 boys, 157 girls, and their parents. Contrary to latent trait theories, we found no direct association between oppositional/defiant behavior during childhood and a trajectory of increasing involvement with deviant peers and delinquency during adolescence. Rather, early oppositional/defiant behavior undermined effective parenting practices. The latter, in turn, predicted an increasing affiliation with deviant peers and delinquency during adolescence. Improvements in parenting during adolescence decreased delinquency indirectly by reducing affiliation with deviant peers. Overall, the results support a life course development model in which difficult behavior during childhood increases the probability of adolescent deviant behavior because of its disruptive effect on quality of parenting.
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The findings join a growing literature that emphasizes ways that African-American families are a source of resilience for their children, particularly since racial group membership can still evoke discrimination.
“The findings also join a growing literature that emphasizes ways that African-American families are a source of resilience for their children, particularly since racial group membership can still evoke discrimination (Natsuaki et al., 2007; Simons et al., 2001; Simons et al., 2002).”
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Body Size and Social Self-Image Among Adolescent African American Girls
Granberg, E. M., Gordon Simons, L., & Simons, R. L. (2009) · Youth & Society · doi:10.1177/0044118x09338505 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Simons, R. L., Chao, W., Conger, R. D., & Elder, G. H.
- Affiliations
- Iowa State University (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- ORCID
- Simons, Ronald L.
- Venue
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-02
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-79
- ISSN
- 0022-2445 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3737
- OpenAlex
- W2030371505
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 9.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Marriage and the Family (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- parenting quality, oppositional behavior, juvenile delinquency, deviant peer affiliation, friendship selection, behavioral continuity, item response theory, social influence theory, life course development
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