Birth order and youth delinquent behaviour testing the differential parental control hypothesis in a french representative sample

Bègue, Laurent; Oberwittler, Dietrich

doi:10.1080/1068316042000221121

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“…For example, birth order and the quality of sibling relationships are important variables that are associated with both parenting and adolescent externalizing problem behavior (Slomkowski et al 2001;Begue and Roche 2005;Meunier et al 2011Meunier et al , 2012. There is also evidence that fewer financial resources often mean there is a greater need for adolescents to help out around the house and assist their families as best they can (Kiang et al 2013).…”

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Financial Stress, Parent Functioning and Adolescent Problem Behavior: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Approach to Family Stress Processes in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Families

Ponnet

2014

J Youth Adolescence

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The family stress model proposes that financial stress experienced by parents is associated with problem behavior in adolescents. The present study applied an actor-partner interdependence approach to the family stress model and focused on low-, middle-, and high-income families to broaden our understanding of the pathways by which the financial stress of mothers and fathers are related to adolescent outcomes. The study uses dyadic data (N = 798 heterosexual couples) from the Relationship between Mothers, Fathers and Children study in which two-parent families with an adolescent between 11 and 17 years of age participated. Path-analytic results indicated that in each of the families the association between parents' financial stress and problem behavior in adolescents is mediated through parents' depressive symptoms, interparental conflict, and positive parenting. Family stress processes also appear to operate in different ways for low-, middle-, and high-income families. In addition to a higher absolute level of financial stress in low-income families, financial stress experienced by mothers and fathers in these families had significant direct and indirect effects on problem behavior in adolescents, while in middle- and high-income families only significant indirect effects were found. The financial stress of a low-income mother also had a more detrimental impact on her level of depressive feelings than it had on mothers in middle-income families. Furthermore, the study revealed gender differences in the pathways of mothers and fathers. Implications for research, clinical practice, and policy are also discussed.

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Financial Stress, Parent Functioning and Adolescent Problem Behavior: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Approach to Family Stress Processes in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Families

Ponnet

2014

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Fathers were more likely to engage in socialization activities with earlier-born children. Some have argued that it is the father’s role to introduce the child to the outside world (Paquette, 2004), and previous research has suggested higher levels of father involvement for first-born children (Bègue & Roché, 2005; Price, 2008); thus, fathers may be especially likely to provide opportunities for their earlier-born children to engage in social interactions in contexts outside of the home. Mothers were more likely to engage in physical play with boys and with later-born children.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When differences are found, parent involvement is greater with first-born than with later-born children (Bègue & Roché, 2005; Price, 2008). Differences by child gender are not always found, but when they are, child gender is associated more closely with father than with mother involvement, and fathers of sons are more involved than fathers of daughters (Lundberg, McLanahan, & Rose, 2007; Raley & Bianchi, 2006).…”

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Comparisons of levels and predictors of mothers' and fathers' engagement with their preschool-aged children

Schoppe‐Sullivan

Kotila

Jia

et al. 2013

Early Child Development and Care

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Self-report data from 112 two-parent families were used to compare levels and predictors of four types of mothers’ and fathers’ engagement with their preschool aged children: socialization, didactic, caregiving, and physical play. Mothers were more involved than fathers in socialization, didactic, and caregiving, whereas fathers were more involved than mothers in physical play. Mothers’ greatest engagement was in caregiving, whereas fathers were about equally engaged in didactic, caregiving, and physical play. Mothers who contributed more to family income were less engaged in socialization and caregiving, whereas fathers with nontraditional beliefs about their roles were more engaged in didactic and caregiving. Children with greater temperamental effortful control received more didactic and physical play engagement from mothers. Fathers were more likely to engage in socialization activities with earlier-born children, whereas mothers were more likely to engage in socialization with girls high in effortful control. Mothers were more likely to engage in physical play with boys and with later-born children.

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“…For example, parents' practices in terms of the child's media socialization differ according to their socioeconomic background (Notten and Kraaykamp 2009). Also, birth order and the quality of sibling relationships are important variables associated with both parenting and adolescents externalizing problem behavior (Bègue and Roché 2005).…”

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Parental Knowledge of Adolescents’ Online Content and Contact Risks

Symons

Ponnet

Emmery³

et al. 2016

J Youth Adolescence

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Parental knowledge about adolescents' activities is an identified protective factor in terms of adolescent adjustment. While research on parental knowledge has focused on adolescents' offline behavior, there is little empirical understanding of parental knowledge about adolescents' online behavior. This study investigates parental knowledge about adolescents' online activities and experiences with online risks, as well as the correlates of such knowledge. Building on former research, open communication and knowledge-generating monitoring practices are investigated as potential correlates of parental knowledge. Use is made of triadic data, relying on reports from children aged 13 to 18, mothers and fathers within the same family (N = 357 families; 54.9 % female adolescents). The results showed that parents have little knowledge about the occurrence of online risks and their children's online activities. While mothers did not have more accurate knowledge compared to fathers, they did perceive themselves to be more knowledgeable than fathers. Associations between parental knowledge and hypothesized correlates were tested by means of one-way ANOVA tests and stepwise logistic regression models. Limited evidence was found for associations with parents' accurate knowledge about the occurrence of online risks. Engagement in knowledge-generating monitoring practices was linked to mothers and fathers' self-perceived knowledge about their children's online activities. For mothers, open communication with the child was linked to self-perceived knowledge. The findings suggest that parents need to be more aware of the possibility that online risks might occur and that more research needs to be done in order to understand what parents can do to improve their accurate knowledge.

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Birth order and youth delinquent behaviour testing the differential parental control hypothesis in a french representative sample

Cited by 29 publications

References 79 publications

Financial Stress, Parent Functioning and Adolescent Problem Behavior: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Approach to Family Stress Processes in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Families

Financial Stress, Parent Functioning and Adolescent Problem Behavior: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Approach to Family Stress Processes in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Families

Comparisons of levels and predictors of mothers' and fathers' engagement with their preschool-aged children

Parental Knowledge of Adolescents’ Online Content and Contact Risks

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