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Family Routines and Parental Monitoring as Protective Factors Among Early and Middle Adolescents Affected by Maternal HIV/AIDS
Author(s) -
Murphy Debra A.,
Marelich William D.,
Herbeck Diane M.,
Payne Diana L.
Publication year - 2009
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.1467-8624.2009.01361.x
Subject(s) - worry , psychology , aggression , anxiety , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , conduct disorder , parenting styles , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
The influence of parenting skills on adolescent outcomes among children affected by maternal HIV/AIDS ( N = 118, M age = 13) was investigated. Among families with more frequent family routines, over time adolescents showed lower rates of aggression, anxiety, worry, depression, conduct disorder, binge drinking, and increased self‐concept. Among families with higher levels of parental monitoring, adolescents showed significant declines in anxiety and depression, conduct disorder, and binge drinking, along with increased self‐concept. Mothers’ level of illness was associated with parenting. Greater variability in parental monitoring resulted in higher levels of problem behaviors.