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Gloria Hongyee Chan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effect of employment on Delinquent Behavior among youth in hidden situation
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019Co-Authors: Gloria Hongyee ChanAbstract:This study examines the effect of employment on Delinquent Behavior among young people in "hidden situations". Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, and 588 young people in these hidden situations were investigated. Results showed that some of them had employment; their employment status constituted a mediating effect on preventing them from being involved in Delinquent Behavior. Also, participants who had work explained the reasons for not being involved in Delinquent Behavior. These results reflect that whether young people in hidden situation involve in Delinquent Behavior depends on their employment rather than their hidden Behavior itself. The implication is that practitioners should respect the youths' self-preferred choice of employment and even advocate a revision of the definition of employment in Hong Kong.
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The effect of negative experiences on Delinquent Behavior of youth in a social withdrawal situation.
Journal of adolescence, 2016Co-Authors: Gloria Hongyee ChanAbstract:This study examines the relationship between negative experiences, negative emotions, and Delinquent Behavior among young people in a social withdrawal situation. There were 533 participants in this study and various quantitative analyses were utilized. Results showed that participants with a longer period of social withdrawal were generally less affected by negative experiences, while those with a higher level of social withdrawal were more affected by negative experiences, particularly negative relationships with other people. Also, both negative emotions and higher level of social withdrawal mediated the relationship between negative experiences and involvement in Delinquent Behavior, with negative emotions displaying a higher mediating effect. This reflects that the root of Delinquent Behavior is the negative experiences which arouse negative emotions, rather than the social withdrawal Behavior itself. Results imply that practitioners should first explore the negative experiences suffered by these young people, so as to provide them the most appropriate support.
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The Effect of Life-Course Transitions on Delinquent Behavior among Youth in Social Withdrawal Situation
Deviant Behavior, 2015Co-Authors: Gloria Hongyee ChanAbstract:This study investigates whether young people in social withdrawal situations pass through life-course transitional events, and examines the relationship among their life-course transitions, quality of life, and Delinquent Behavior. To achieve these aims, quantitative analysis was used. A total of 588 young people in social withdrawal situations took part in this study. Results suggest that these people do pass through life-course transitions; their life-course events affect whether they will engage in Delinquent Behavior. Also, the effect of life-course transitions of these young people on their involvement in Delinquent Behavior is partly impacted by their quality of life.
Kenneth A Dodge - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Parents’ Monitoring Knowledge Attenuates the Link Between Antisocial Friends and Adolescent Delinquent Behavior
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, Michael M. Criss, John E BatesAbstract:Developmental trajectories of parents’ knowledge of their adolescents’ whereabouts and activities were tested as moderators of transactional associations between friends’ antisociality and adolescent Delinquent Behavior. 504 adolescents (50% female) provided annual reports (from ages 12 to 16) of their parents’ knowledge and (from ages 13 to 16) their own Delinquent Behavior and their friends’ antisociality. Parents also reported the adolescents’ Delinquent Behavior. Growth mixture modeling was used to identify two sub-groups based on their monitoring knowledge growth trajectories. Adolescents in the sub-group characterized by decreasing levels of parents’ knowledge reported more Delinquent Behavior and more friend antisociality in early adolescence, and reported greater increases in Delinquent Behavior and friend antisociality from early to middle adolescence compared to adolescents in the sub-group characterized by increasing levels of parents’ knowledge. Transactional associations consistent with social influence and social selection processes also were suppressed in the increasing knowledge sub-group as compared to the decreasing knowledge sub-group.
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peer relationship antecedents of Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence is there evidence of demographic group differences in developmental processes
Development and Psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, John E BatesAbstract:A longitudinal prospective design was used to test the generalizability of low levels of social preference and high levels of antisocial peer involvement as risk factors for Delinquent Behavior problems to African American (AA) and European American (EA) boys and girls (N = 384). Social preference scores were computed from peer reports in middle childhood (ages 6-9). Parents and adolescents reported antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence (ages 13-16) and adolescents reported on their own Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence (ages 17 and 18). Analyses tested for differences across four groups (AA boys, EA boys, AA girls, EA girls) in construct measurement, mean levels, and associations among variables. Few measurement differences were found. Mean-level differences were found for social preference and Delinquent Behavior. AA boys were least accepted by peers and reported the highest level of Delinquent Behavior. EA girls were most accepted by peers and reported the lowest level of Delinquent Behavior. Associations among peer experiences and Delinquent Behavior were equivalent across groups, with lower levels of social preference and higher levels of antisocial peer involvement associated with more Delinquent Behavior. Person-centered analyses showed the risk associated with low social preference and high antisocial peer involvement to be similar across groups, providing further evidence of the generalizability of the peer relationship experiences as risk factors for subsequent Delinquent Behavior problems.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations. Parents are expected to know their children's whereabouts, activities, and playmates. Most often, parents of young children obtain their knowledge through direct supervision of their children and their children's activities by themselves or other adults (e.g., child-care providers). However, as children grow older and their activities, interests, and playmates change and expand, they begin to spend more time outside of direct adult supervision (Laird, Pettit, Dodge, & Bates, 1998; Patterson & Stoutha
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Parents' Monitoring‐Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior: Evidence of Correlated Developmental Changes and Reciprocal Influences
Child development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
John E Bates - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Parents’ Monitoring Knowledge Attenuates the Link Between Antisocial Friends and Adolescent Delinquent Behavior
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, Michael M. Criss, John E BatesAbstract:Developmental trajectories of parents’ knowledge of their adolescents’ whereabouts and activities were tested as moderators of transactional associations between friends’ antisociality and adolescent Delinquent Behavior. 504 adolescents (50% female) provided annual reports (from ages 12 to 16) of their parents’ knowledge and (from ages 13 to 16) their own Delinquent Behavior and their friends’ antisociality. Parents also reported the adolescents’ Delinquent Behavior. Growth mixture modeling was used to identify two sub-groups based on their monitoring knowledge growth trajectories. Adolescents in the sub-group characterized by decreasing levels of parents’ knowledge reported more Delinquent Behavior and more friend antisociality in early adolescence, and reported greater increases in Delinquent Behavior and friend antisociality from early to middle adolescence compared to adolescents in the sub-group characterized by increasing levels of parents’ knowledge. Transactional associations consistent with social influence and social selection processes also were suppressed in the increasing knowledge sub-group as compared to the decreasing knowledge sub-group.
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peer relationship antecedents of Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence is there evidence of demographic group differences in developmental processes
Development and Psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, John E BatesAbstract:A longitudinal prospective design was used to test the generalizability of low levels of social preference and high levels of antisocial peer involvement as risk factors for Delinquent Behavior problems to African American (AA) and European American (EA) boys and girls (N = 384). Social preference scores were computed from peer reports in middle childhood (ages 6-9). Parents and adolescents reported antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence (ages 13-16) and adolescents reported on their own Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence (ages 17 and 18). Analyses tested for differences across four groups (AA boys, EA boys, AA girls, EA girls) in construct measurement, mean levels, and associations among variables. Few measurement differences were found. Mean-level differences were found for social preference and Delinquent Behavior. AA boys were least accepted by peers and reported the highest level of Delinquent Behavior. EA girls were most accepted by peers and reported the lowest level of Delinquent Behavior. Associations among peer experiences and Delinquent Behavior were equivalent across groups, with lower levels of social preference and higher levels of antisocial peer involvement associated with more Delinquent Behavior. Person-centered analyses showed the risk associated with low social preference and high antisocial peer involvement to be similar across groups, providing further evidence of the generalizability of the peer relationship experiences as risk factors for subsequent Delinquent Behavior problems.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations. Parents are expected to know their children's whereabouts, activities, and playmates. Most often, parents of young children obtain their knowledge through direct supervision of their children and their children's activities by themselves or other adults (e.g., child-care providers). However, as children grow older and their activities, interests, and playmates change and expand, they begin to spend more time outside of direct adult supervision (Laird, Pettit, Dodge, & Bates, 1998; Patterson & Stoutha
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Parents' Monitoring‐Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior: Evidence of Correlated Developmental Changes and Reciprocal Influences
Child development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
Robert D Laird - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Parents’ Monitoring Knowledge Attenuates the Link Between Antisocial Friends and Adolescent Delinquent Behavior
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, Michael M. Criss, John E BatesAbstract:Developmental trajectories of parents’ knowledge of their adolescents’ whereabouts and activities were tested as moderators of transactional associations between friends’ antisociality and adolescent Delinquent Behavior. 504 adolescents (50% female) provided annual reports (from ages 12 to 16) of their parents’ knowledge and (from ages 13 to 16) their own Delinquent Behavior and their friends’ antisociality. Parents also reported the adolescents’ Delinquent Behavior. Growth mixture modeling was used to identify two sub-groups based on their monitoring knowledge growth trajectories. Adolescents in the sub-group characterized by decreasing levels of parents’ knowledge reported more Delinquent Behavior and more friend antisociality in early adolescence, and reported greater increases in Delinquent Behavior and friend antisociality from early to middle adolescence compared to adolescents in the sub-group characterized by increasing levels of parents’ knowledge. Transactional associations consistent with social influence and social selection processes also were suppressed in the increasing knowledge sub-group as compared to the decreasing knowledge sub-group.
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peer relationship antecedents of Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence is there evidence of demographic group differences in developmental processes
Development and Psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, John E BatesAbstract:A longitudinal prospective design was used to test the generalizability of low levels of social preference and high levels of antisocial peer involvement as risk factors for Delinquent Behavior problems to African American (AA) and European American (EA) boys and girls (N = 384). Social preference scores were computed from peer reports in middle childhood (ages 6-9). Parents and adolescents reported antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence (ages 13-16) and adolescents reported on their own Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence (ages 17 and 18). Analyses tested for differences across four groups (AA boys, EA boys, AA girls, EA girls) in construct measurement, mean levels, and associations among variables. Few measurement differences were found. Mean-level differences were found for social preference and Delinquent Behavior. AA boys were least accepted by peers and reported the highest level of Delinquent Behavior. EA girls were most accepted by peers and reported the lowest level of Delinquent Behavior. Associations among peer experiences and Delinquent Behavior were equivalent across groups, with lower levels of social preference and higher levels of antisocial peer involvement associated with more Delinquent Behavior. Person-centered analyses showed the risk associated with low social preference and high antisocial peer involvement to be similar across groups, providing further evidence of the generalizability of the peer relationship experiences as risk factors for subsequent Delinquent Behavior problems.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations. Parents are expected to know their children's whereabouts, activities, and playmates. Most often, parents of young children obtain their knowledge through direct supervision of their children and their children's activities by themselves or other adults (e.g., child-care providers). However, as children grow older and their activities, interests, and playmates change and expand, they begin to spend more time outside of direct adult supervision (Laird, Pettit, Dodge, & Bates, 1998; Patterson & Stoutha
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Parents' Monitoring‐Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior: Evidence of Correlated Developmental Changes and Reciprocal Influences
Child development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
Gregory S Pettit - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Parents’ Monitoring Knowledge Attenuates the Link Between Antisocial Friends and Adolescent Delinquent Behavior
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, Michael M. Criss, John E BatesAbstract:Developmental trajectories of parents’ knowledge of their adolescents’ whereabouts and activities were tested as moderators of transactional associations between friends’ antisociality and adolescent Delinquent Behavior. 504 adolescents (50% female) provided annual reports (from ages 12 to 16) of their parents’ knowledge and (from ages 13 to 16) their own Delinquent Behavior and their friends’ antisociality. Parents also reported the adolescents’ Delinquent Behavior. Growth mixture modeling was used to identify two sub-groups based on their monitoring knowledge growth trajectories. Adolescents in the sub-group characterized by decreasing levels of parents’ knowledge reported more Delinquent Behavior and more friend antisociality in early adolescence, and reported greater increases in Delinquent Behavior and friend antisociality from early to middle adolescence compared to adolescents in the sub-group characterized by increasing levels of parents’ knowledge. Transactional associations consistent with social influence and social selection processes also were suppressed in the increasing knowledge sub-group as compared to the decreasing knowledge sub-group.
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peer relationship antecedents of Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence is there evidence of demographic group differences in developmental processes
Development and Psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, Kenneth A Dodge, John E BatesAbstract:A longitudinal prospective design was used to test the generalizability of low levels of social preference and high levels of antisocial peer involvement as risk factors for Delinquent Behavior problems to African American (AA) and European American (EA) boys and girls (N = 384). Social preference scores were computed from peer reports in middle childhood (ages 6-9). Parents and adolescents reported antisocial peer involvement in early adolescence (ages 13-16) and adolescents reported on their own Delinquent Behavior in late adolescence (ages 17 and 18). Analyses tested for differences across four groups (AA boys, EA boys, AA girls, EA girls) in construct measurement, mean levels, and associations among variables. Few measurement differences were found. Mean-level differences were found for social preference and Delinquent Behavior. AA boys were least accepted by peers and reported the highest level of Delinquent Behavior. EA girls were most accepted by peers and reported the lowest level of Delinquent Behavior. Associations among peer experiences and Delinquent Behavior were equivalent across groups, with lower levels of social preference and higher levels of antisocial peer involvement associated with more Delinquent Behavior. Person-centered analyses showed the risk associated with low social preference and high antisocial peer involvement to be similar across groups, providing further evidence of the generalizability of the peer relationship experiences as risk factors for subsequent Delinquent Behavior problems.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
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parents monitoring relevant knowledge and adolescents Delinquent Behavior evidence of correlated developmental changes and reciprocal influences
Child Development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations. Parents are expected to know their children's whereabouts, activities, and playmates. Most often, parents of young children obtain their knowledge through direct supervision of their children and their children's activities by themselves or other adults (e.g., child-care providers). However, as children grow older and their activities, interests, and playmates change and expand, they begin to spend more time outside of direct adult supervision (Laird, Pettit, Dodge, & Bates, 1998; Patterson & Stoutha
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Parents' Monitoring‐Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior: Evidence of Correlated Developmental Changes and Reciprocal Influences
Child development, 2003Co-Authors: Robert D Laird, Gregory S Pettit, John E Bates, Kenneth A DodgeAbstract:Links between parental knowledge and adolescent Delinquent Behavior were tested for correlated rates of developmental change and reciprocal associations. For 4 years beginning at age 14, adolescents (N = 396) reported on their Delinquent Behavior and on their parents' knowledge of their whereabouts and activities. Parents completed measures of their adolescents' Delinquent Behavior. Knowledge was negatively correlated with Delinquent Behaviors at baseline, and increases over time in knowledge were negatively correlated with increases in parent-reported Delinquent Behavior. Reciprocal associations indicate that low levels of parental knowledge predict increases in Delinquent Behavior and that high levels of Delinquent Behavior predict decreases in knowledge. Discussion considers both youth-driven and parent-driven processes that may account for the correlated developmental changes and reciprocal associations.
