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The Relation between Parental Constructive Behavior and Adolescent Association with Achievement‐Oriented Peers: A Longitudinal Study
Author(s) -
Chen Zengyin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2000.tb00913.x
Subject(s) - constructive , psychology , association (psychology) , achievement orientation , developmental psychology , academic achievement , longitudinal study , orientation (vector space) , social psychology , mathematics , computer science , psychotherapist , operating system , statistics , geometry , process (computing)
There is abundant research about the negative influences of peer groups and other factors contributing to adolescent involvement with deviant peers. This study used three waves of panel data to investigate the relation between parental constructive behavior and adolescent association with achievement‐oriented peers. Parental constructive behavior was found to be positively related to adolescents’own achievement orientation a year later, which in turn was positively related to the perceived achievement orientation of friends two years later. However, adolescents’own achievement orientation did not completely mediate the effect of parental constructive behavior on the perceived achievement orientation of friends. Furthermore, after the prior perceived achievement orientation of friends was added into the model, parental constructive behavior still had a direct effect on the perceived achievement orientation of friends over time. Parental constructive behavior contributed to the affiliation with achievement‐oriented friends above and beyond the effects of adolescents’own achievement orientation and their prior peer affiliation.