ERIC Number: EJ945353
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
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Trajectories of Family Management Practices and Early Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes
Wang, Ming-Te; Dishion, Thomas J.; Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Willett, John B.
Developmental Psychology, v47 n5 p1324-1341 Sep 2011
Stage-environment fit theory was used to examine the reciprocal lagged relations between family management practices and early adolescent problem behavior during the middle school years. In addition, the potential moderating roles of family structure and of gender were explored. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to describe patterns of growth in family management practices and adolescents' behavioral outcomes and to detect predictors of interindividual differences in initial status and rate of change. The sample comprised approximately 1,000 adolescents between ages 11 years and 15 years. The results indicated that adolescents' antisocial behaviors and substance use increased and their positive behavioral engagement decreased over time. As adolescent age increased, parental knowledge of their adolescent's activities decreased, as did parental rule making and support. The level and rate of change in family management and adolescent behavioral outcomes varied by family structure and by gender. Reciprocal longitudinal associations between parenting practices and adolescent problem behavior were found. Specifically, parenting practices predicted subsequent adolescent behavior, and adolescent behavior predicted subsequent parenting practices. In addition, parental warmth moderated the effects of parental knowledge and rule making on adolescent antisocial behavior and substance use over time. (Contains 1 footnote, 5 tables, and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Parenting Styles, Home Management, Child Rearing, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Family Structure, Correlation, Substance Abuse, Predictor Variables, Individual Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Affective Behavior, Adolescent Development
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