The Role of Parenting Behaviors and Neighborhood Quality in Delinquent Behavior and Substance Use
Open Access
Author:
Gorham, Lavona Jareen
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Degree:
Master of Science
Document Type:
Master Thesis
Date of Defense:
None
Committee Members:
Dr Mayra Y Bamaca Colbert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Mayra Y Bamaca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Hobart H Cleveland Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keywords:
adolescents neighborhood parenting substance use delinquency
Abstract:
The current study examined the relation among parenting behaviors, neighborhood quality, and adolescents’ delinquent behavior and substance use in a sample of Black and Latino adolescent males. Findings suggest that parental support, monitoring, punitiveness, and physical discipline are negatively related to problem behavior while psychological control is positively related. In addition, the role of neighborhood quality moderated the relation between parenting behaviors and adolescent outcomes. Specifically, for adolescents living in neighborhoods perceived as low quality, changes in levels of parental support, monitoring, and psychological control were predictive of higher levels of self-reported delinquent behavior and substance use. Further, punitiveness and physical discipline predicted lower delinquent behavior in low quality neighborhoods.
