Parental Influences on Deviant Behavior in Early Adolescence: A Logistic Response Analysis of Age- and Gender-Differentiated Effects
Keywords
deviance, parents, adolescents, age, gender
Abstract
We used data from a 601-family longitudinal study to estimate the separate and combined effects of three risk factors—parental psychiatric disorders (principally depression and substance abuse), supportive parent-child communications, and household income—on the development of deviant behavior in boys and girls aged 11–14. Using logistic response models, we concluded that having fewer than two supportive parents generally increases the risk of deviant behavior, but more so for boys than for girls. This effect is amplified when one or more parent(s) has a chronic mental disorder, but thecombination of fewer than two supportive parentsand one psychiatrically impaired parent has a particularly marked effect on girls. Moreover, older children's behavior is affected more dramatically by parental mental disorders, especially among girls; 13 to 14-year-old girls with both parental risk factors are virtually as deviant as male agemates with both risks. Each one of these effects is present regardless of family income level; however, net of these risks, household income is negatively associated with deviant behavior—a 10% increase in income is associated with a 1.3% decrease in adolescent deviance.
Original Publication Citation
Johnson, Robert A., S. Susan Su, Dean R. Gerstein, Hee-Choon Shin, and John P. Hoffmann. 1995. “Parental Influences on Deviant Behavior in Early Adolescence: A Logistic Response Analysis of Age- and Gender-Differentiated Effects.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 11(2):167-193.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Johnson, Robert A.; Su, S. Susan; Gerstein, Dean R.; Shin, Hee-Choon; and Hoffmann, John P., "Parental Influences on Deviant Behavior in Early Adolescence: A Logistic Response Analysis of Age- and Gender-Differentiated Effects" (1995). Faculty Publications. 3956.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/3956
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1995-6
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/6766
Publisher
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology
Copyright Status
© 1995 Plenum Publishing Corporation
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