ERIC Number: EJ1130620
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Parenting and Adolescent Self-Regulation Mediate between Family Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Adjustment
Farley, Julee P.; Kim-Spoon, Jungmeen
Journal of Early Adolescence, v37 n4 p502-524 Apr 2017
Using two waves of longitudinal data, we utilized the family stress model of economic hardship to test whether family socioeconomic status is related to adolescent adjustment (substance use and academic achievement) through parental knowledge and adolescent self-regulation (behavioral self-control and delay discounting). Participants included 220 adolescent (55% male, X-bar[subscript age] = 13 years at Wave 1, X-bar[subscript age] = 15 years at Wave 2) and primary caregiver dyads. Results of Structural Equation Modeling revealed significant three-path mediation effects such that low family socioeconomic status at Wave 1 is associated with low parental knowledge at Wave 1, which in turn was related to low academic performance and high substance use at Wave 2 mediated through low adolescent behavioral self-control at Wave 2. The results illustrate how parental knowledge, influenced by family economic status, may play an important role in the development of adolescent behavioral self-control and adjustment.
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adolescents, Socioeconomic Status, Family Characteristics, Parent Influence, Self Control, Structural Equation Models, Longitudinal Studies, Stress Variables, Delay of Gratification, Student Adjustment, Family Environment, Academic Achievement, Family Relationship, Substance Abuse, Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: HD057386; DA036017