Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 13 June 2011
Laura M., Padilla-Walker , Roy A., Bean , Alexander L., Hsieh
This study examined both mothers’ and fathers’ parenting (positive and negative) and adolescents’ personal characteristics (religiosity, social initiative, aggression, depression) in relation to perceived deviant peer association for European American and Latino adolescents. Using structural equation modeling, adolescents’ reports of positive or negative mothering and fathering were found to be related to adolescents’ personal characteristics, and these characteristics were, in turn, related to perceived deviant peer association. Ethnic differences in means were found in both parenting and outcome variables, with European American adolescents reporting higher levels of positive parenting and social initiative, and lower levels of perceived deviant peer association…
Research highlights: ► Mean differences based on ethnicity (European American and Latino) found for parenting variables and outcome variables. ► No significant difference found in model fit in measurement model and structural model, based on structural equation modeling. Indicates that mean differences do not appear to translate to a difference in how variables are related to one another based on ethnic group membership. ► Positive parenting (maternal and paternal) and negative parenting (maternal only) related to adolescent religiosity, level of social initiative and aggression. These in turn are all significantly related to deviant peer association.