Family Transitions and Later Delinquency and Drug Use

Autor/inn/en	Krohn, Marvin D.; Hall, Gina Penly; Lizotte, Alan J.
Titel	Family Transitions and Later Delinquency and Drug Use
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 3, S.466-480 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9366-8
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Females; Drug Abuse; Adolescents; Family Structure; Family Influence; Environmental Influences; Hypothesis Testing; Educational Environment; Peer Influence; Longitudinal Studies; At Risk Persons; Gender Differences; Behavior Problems; Friendship; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Risikogruppe; Geschlechterkonflikt; Freundschaft; Korrelation
Abstract	Changes in the family structure can be very disruptive to adolescents who live in those families. This article examines the impact of the number of family transitions on delinquent and drug-using behavior. Specifically, the effect of family transitions is hypothesized to be mediated by problems within the family, school, and peer settings. A sample of 646 boys (73%) and girls (27%) taken from a longitudinal panel study of high-risk adolescents are used to examine these hypotheses. For girls, little support is found for the direct or the indirect effect of family transitions on delinquent behavior or drug use. For boys, however, both forms of problem behavior are influenced by family transitions directly and indirectly through changes in, and problems with, peer associations. The findings suggest that during times of family turmoil, the friendship network of adolescent male children is also disrupted, leading to an increase in associations with delinquent others and, in turn, an increase in problematic behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10