Academic Aspirations as a Moderator of the Link Between Negative Life Events and Delinquency in a Sample of Latino Youth

DiPierro, Moneika; Fite, Paula J.; Cooley, John L.; Poquiz, John L.

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“…In line with the existing evidence (DiPierro et al, 2016; Freedy et al, 2010), we found differential associations between stressful life event types and proactive and reactive aggression. For example, witnessing interpersonal violence or sexual victimization was associated with higher levels of proactive and reactive aggression, witnessing other trauma exposure was associated with higher levels of reactive aggression only, and witnessing war zone exposure was not significantly correlated with either function of aggression.…”

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“…However, despite accruing evidence and emerging theory, research examining the links between stressful life events and proactive and reactive aggression is limited as it has not investigated how stressful life event characteristics might influence aggressive behaviors. Evidence suggests that event characteristics, including level of exposure to and type of stressful life event, play an important role in determining an individual’s risk of maladaptive outcomes (DiPierro, Fite, Cooley, & Poquiz, 2016; Gil & Caspi, 2006). For example, rates of PTSD were approximately five times higher for individuals who had experienced a terrorist attack than those who were indirectly or not exposed to the event (Gil & Caspi, 2006).…”

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Links Between Stressful Life Events and Proactive and Reactive Functions of Aggression

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Recently, more attention has been devoted to understanding how stressful life events might relate to proactive and reactive aggression. Findings suggest that stressful life events are more strongly linked to reactive, than proactive, aggression; however, it is unclear whether the impact of stressful life events on proactive and reactive aggression might vary as a function of the level of exposure to or type of stressful life event. The current study examined how level of exposure to stressful life events (i.e., witnessed, experienced, and learned about) and stressful life event types (i.e., war zone exposure, sexual victimization, interpersonal violence, and other trauma exposure) related to proactive and reactive aggression. The sample was comprised of 500 undergraduate students (M = 18.96, SD = 1.22, 49.6% male) recruited from a Midwestern university. Findings indicated that all three levels of stressful life event exposure (i.e., experienced, witnesses, and learned) were associated with reactive aggression; however, only witnessed stressful life events were associated with proactive aggression. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.

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“…These results suggest that weak parental support reduces self-efficacy for future academic success, which, in turn, leaves a child vulnerable to the negative effects of delinquent peer associations. One possibility is that low self-efficacy for future academic success can make delinquent peers, who, as a group, tend to have low academic aspirations (DiPierro, Fite, Cooley, & Poquiz, 2016), more attractive to the individual. On a more positive note, it also means that strong parental support can enhance self-efficacy for academic success, which, in turn, protects the child against negative peer influence by making delinquent peers seem less attractive.…”

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Social Control Versus Social Learning: Self-Efficacy for Future Academic Success and Peer Delinquency as Mediators of the Parental Support–Delinquency Relationship

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2018

Criminal Justice Review

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether low self-efficacy for future academic success and peer delinquency mediated the relationship between weak parental support and delinquency, and if so, establish the order of mediation. Members of the Flint (Michigan) Adolescent Study ( N = 850) served as participants in this study, which compared a pathway based on social control principles (weak parental support → low self-efficacy → peer delinquency → participant delinquency) with a pathway based on social learning principles (weak parental support → peer delinquency → low self-efficacy → delinquency). Path analysis was conducted and revealed that the social control pathway was significant, the social learning pathway was nonsignificant, and the difference between the two pathways was significant. These results suggest that low parental support facilitates delinquency, in part, by lowering self-efficacy for future academic success, a component of the larger construct of self-efficacy for conventional behavior, which, in turn, promotes delinquent peer associations. From a theoretical perspective, these results are more consistent with a social control interpretation of the parental support–delinquency relationship than with a social learning interpretation, although aspects of social learning theory were also supported by the results of this study.

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“…Latinx youth are overrepresented amongst those educated in poorly funded urban school and community resources systems (Orfield et al 2014;Atkins et al 2006). Many Latinx youth have limited access to adequate services due to limited mental health resources and lack of government funding for existing or new resources (DiPierro et al 2016;Acosta et al 2004). In particular, Puerto Ricans have shown higher signs of depression and anxiety (along with substance disorders and psychiatric disorders) in comparison to Mexicans, Cubans and other Latin American populations (Acevedo et al 2007).…”

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Conocimiento, Colectividad y Curación: Understanding and Addressing Latinx Youth Mental Health and Wellness Through PAR Entremundos

Mayorga

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2019

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Still one of the fasting growing minoritized groups in the U.S., Latinxs [we are using the term Latinx rather than Latino/a or Hispanic, unless a term is used by cited resources. See Scharrón-de Río and Aja (The case For "Latinx"-And why this term matters for intersectionality-everyday feminism [magazine], 2016)], historically, have endured major socio-economic and educational crises that have produced challenges to mental health and wellness. Unfortunately, the challenges many Latinxs face are often overlooked, misunderstood and underserved. This paper is a study of high school youth who were part of the Education in our Barrios Project, #Barri-oEdProject, a Philadelphia-based participatory action research (PAR) collaborative, where high school-aged and undergraduate youth work together to conduct research on issues that affect their local communities and schools. Using an ecological-feminist-Latinx framework (Heiman and Artiga in Beyond health care: the role of social

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Academic Aspirations as a Moderator of the Link Between Negative Life Events and Delinquency in a Sample of Latino Youth

Abstract: Background: Latino youth are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States

Cited by 7 publications

References 79 publications

Links Between Stressful Life Events and Proactive and Reactive Functions of Aggression

Links Between Stressful Life Events and Proactive and Reactive Functions of Aggression

Social Control Versus Social Learning: Self-Efficacy for Future Academic Success and Peer Delinquency as Mediators of the Parental Support–Delinquency Relationship

Conocimiento, Colectividad y Curación: Understanding and Addressing Latinx Youth Mental Health and Wellness Through PAR Entremundos

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