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Cognitive and Parenting Pathways in the Transmission of Antisocial Behavior From Parents to Adolescents
Author(s) -
Dogan Shan J.,
Conger Rand D.,
Kim Kee Jeong,
Masyn Katherine E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01001.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , perception , adolescent development , structural equation modeling , parenting styles , cognition , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience
This study examined the role of adolescent perceptions of parental behavior and disrupted parenting in the continuity of antisocial behavior across generations. Participants included 430 adolescents and their biological parents assessed during the period from the 9th to 12th grades (9th grade age in years: M =15.09, SD =0.43). Structural equation modeling provided support for the mediating role of adolescent perceptions and disrupted parenting in the familial transmission of antisocial behavior. Furthermore, the results were consistent across parent and adolescent gender. The findings extend previous research by suggesting a significant role for adolescent perceptions of parents' activities in the development and growth of antisocial behavior. Results also support significant stability in antisocial tendencies over the course of adolescence.