DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/J0CD-MP60
Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-4333
Defense Date
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Terri Sullivan
Abstract
The present study used autoregressive cross-lagged models to examine the processes through which peer deviance and discrepant parent-adolescent views of monitoring-related communication, involvement, and positive parenting influence one another and contribute to physical and relational aggression, substance use, and delinquency. Participants included 535 adolescents (64% male) who were identified as prone to aggression and socially influential by their sixth-grade teachers during the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years; participants self-identified as African American (69%), Hispanic (14%), White (9%), Multiracial (5%), or another race (3%). Contrary to expectations, parent-adolescent reporting discrepancies were not related to peer deviance, physical aggression, substance use, and delinquency. However, adolescents who reported lower levels of involvement relative to their parent demonstrated higher levels of relational aggression, and peer deviance significantly predicted problem behavior. These findings partially support the hypothesis that parent-adolescent reporting discrepancies reflect maladaptive family processes and highlight peer deviance as a target for intervention.
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
4-23-2020