Effects of Perceived Parental School Support and Family Communication on Delinquent Behaviors in Latinos and White Non-Latinos.

Abstract

The authors examined the roles of perceived parental school support and family communication in the context of delinquent behaviors in Mexican American and White non-Latino adolescents. Family communication was defined as the degree to which adolescents endorsed that they communicated with their parents about a variety of topics. The Parental School Support scale was administered to assess adolescents' perceptions of parental support for academic pursuits. Data analysis included the relationship between these variables and their predictive relationship to delinquency, and the relationship to gender and ethnicity. Results demonstrated that adolescents' perceptions of family communication and parental school support were related to the likelihood of committing delinquent acts. There were no significant differences in gender or ethnicity in perceived levels of family communication and parental school support.

Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Perceived Parenting on Juvenile Violent Delinquency of Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch Boys

“…Although both theory and empirical research recognize the family as an important influence on juvenile delinquency (Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber 1986;Palmer and Hollin 2001;Simons et al 2007;Stouthamer-Loeber et al 2002), extant literature appears divided over whether or not the etiology of violent delinquency for ethnic minority youth is somehow distinct from standard criminological theories, and whether parenting is a culturally distinct source (Davalos et al 2005;Lindahl and Malik 1999;Smith and Krohn 1995. Studies with ethnically diverse samples show inconsistent findings (Davalos et al 2005;Davidson and Cardemil 2009;Wissink et al 2006).…”

“…Studies with ethnically diverse samples show inconsistent findings (Davalos et al 2005;Davidson and Cardemil 2009;Wissink et al 2006). Our analyses attend to the much needed empirical research on the etiology of the involvement of juvenile violent delinquency for ethnic minority youth.…”

“…Other studies did not report ethnic differences in the associations between parental warmth and support and criminal involvement. Davalos et al (2005) found that adolescents' perceptions of parental emotional support were negatively related to criminal involvement for both Hispanic American and White adolescents. Likewise, Vazsonyi et al (2006) found that the associations between parental warmth and externalizing behavior were not influenced by ethnicity.…”

“…However, extent literature appears divided over whether or not the etiology of juvenile delinquencey for ethnic minority youth is somehow distinct from standard criminological theories, or whether parenting is a culturally distinct source (Davalos et al 2005;Lindahl and Malik 1999;Smith and Krohn 1995). Cross-cultural studies on the effect of parenting on juvenile delinquency show inconsistent findings (Davalos et al 2005;Davidson and Cardemil 2009;Smith and Krohn 1995). With the growing number of ethnic minorities in Westernized societies and the high rates of registered delinquency among ethnic minorities, the necessity of an examination of ethnic differences in the relation between parenting and juvenile delinquency is underlined.…”

Questionário de comportamentos anti-sociais e delitivos: evidências psicométricas de uma versão reduzida

“…Sobre este aspecto, termos como delinqüência juvenil (Tate, Reppucci, & Mulvey, 1995), comportamento delinqüente (Davalos, Chavez, & Guardiola, 2005), comportamento anti-social (Romero, Sobral, Luengo, & Marzoa, 2001) e comportamento disruptivo (American Psychiatric Association, 1994;Loeber, Burke, Lahey, Winters, & Zera, 2000) são utilizados algumas vezes como sinônimos e, em outras, com significados completamente distintos (ver comentários de Pimentel, 2004).…”