ERIC Number: EJ1313581
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Early Adolescent Predictors of Violent Behavior: Child and Contextual Risk, and Moderation by Rejecting Parenting
Friedman, Abbey; Taraban, Lindsay; Sitnick, Stephanie; Shaw, Daniel S.
Journal of Early Adolescence, v41 n8 p1228-1254 Oct 2021
The current study explored early adolescent child-level predictors (physical aggression, impulsivity, empathy) and contextual-level predictors (peer deviance, neighborhood dangerousness) of violent and nonviolent antisocial behavior (AB) in late adolescence. Additionally, we tested the moderating role of rejecting parenting on these associations based on the importance of parent-child relationships in early adolescence and documented bidirectional associations between parenting and our predictor variables. Participants (N = 272) came from the Pitt Mother and Child Project, a longitudinal study of high-risk boys. Higher levels of early adolescent physical aggression significantly predicted late adolescent engagement in both nonviolent and violent crimes. Peer deviance, impulsivity, and neighborhood dangerousness were also associated with later juvenile AB. Rejecting parenting moderated several of these associations. Results support the predictive validity of several early adolescent child- and contextual-level variables--particularly early adolescent aggression--for subsequent engagement in both violent and nonviolent AB.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Predictor Variables, Aggression, Self Control, Conceptual Tempo, Empathy, Peer Influence, Behavior Problems, Neighborhoods, Environmental Influences, Antisocial Behavior, Violence, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Early Adolescents, Delinquency, Child Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS)
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
Grant or Contract Numbers: 50907; 01666; 25630