TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental monitoring mediates the effects of age and sex on problem behaviors among African American urban young adolescents
AU - Richards, Maryse H.
AU - Miller, Bobbi Viegas
AU - O'Donnell, Philip C.
AU - Wasserman, Michelle S.
AU - Colder, Craig
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant R01 MH53846 awarded to Maryse Richards. We thank Zupei Luo, Ph.D. for his contributions to the data analysis.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Adolescent delinquency, drug use and aggression remain societal concerns. These problems are more common with adolescent boys than girls, and tend to increase with age. Although a lack of parental monitoring has been found to be related to problem behaviors, the mediating role of monitoring on the relationship of sex and grade to problem behaviors has not been directly studied. This paper examined parental monitoring as a mediator of the relationship of sex and age to delinquency, drug use, and aggression in a sample of urban African American young adolescents. Our findings indicated that in general, boys and older adolescents reported higher rates of delinquency, drug use, and aggressiveness. Boys and older adolescents also indicated less monitoring by parents. Parental monitoring was found to mediate the effects of sex and grade on some of the behavioral problems.
AB - Adolescent delinquency, drug use and aggression remain societal concerns. These problems are more common with adolescent boys than girls, and tend to increase with age. Although a lack of parental monitoring has been found to be related to problem behaviors, the mediating role of monitoring on the relationship of sex and grade to problem behaviors has not been directly studied. This paper examined parental monitoring as a mediator of the relationship of sex and age to delinquency, drug use, and aggression in a sample of urban African American young adolescents. Our findings indicated that in general, boys and older adolescents reported higher rates of delinquency, drug use, and aggressiveness. Boys and older adolescents also indicated less monitoring by parents. Parental monitoring was found to mediate the effects of sex and grade on some of the behavioral problems.
KW - Delinquency and drug use
KW - Monitoring
KW - Sex differences
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000025321.27416.f6
DO - 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000025321.27416.f6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3543086781
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 33
SP - 221
EP - 233
JO - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
JF - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
IS - 3
ER -