Parents and Peers in Relation to Early Adolescent Problem Behavior

Abstract

Concurrent and prospective associations between parent‐youth dyadic hostility and adolescent externalizing and internalizing problem behavior were examined in a sample of 416 families. Parenting control, parents’ well‐being, and youths’ affiliation with deviant peers were included as integral covariates. Information from multiple sources was analyzed using structural equation modeling. Concurrently, youth externalizing problems were associated with dyadic hostility, deviant peers, inadequate parenting control, and fathers’ well‐being (inversely). Internalizing problems were associated with inadequate parenting control and lower levels of fathers’ well‐being. Prospectively, some of these relations continued over 2 years, with a few new associations emerging. A process model is proposed in which parent‐youth dyadic hostility during early adolescence influences parenting, peer relations, and parents’ well‐being over time.

Parenting Practices and the Development of Internalizing/ Externalizing Problems in Adolescence

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“…Parent-child conlict is often found to be a predictor of adolescent externalizing symptomatology [26,27,53]. Eichelsheim et al found that the negative quality of the parent-adolescent relationship, characterized by recurring discord and negative arguments between the parent and the adolescent, was strongly related to the adolescents' levels of aggression, concluding that the negative and coercive interaction paterns in the parent-adolescent relationship seem to sprawl directly into adolescent interpersonal aggression [25].…”

The delicate balance between parental protection, unsupervised wandering, and adolescents’ autonomy and its relation with antisocial behavior: The TRAILS study

“…According to Giordano (1995), peer relations are attractive to adolescents for realizing a sense of belonging because they are more egalitarian, less controlling, and less judgmental than relations with adults. Reflecting this, peers become increasingly important as ''socializing agents'' (Buehler, 2006;Fuligni & Eccles, 1993). Indeed, adolescents' behavior is highly influenced by their friends' behavior.…”

“…This influence includes maladaptive outcomes, such as antisocial behavior (Patterson, Forgatch, Yoerger, & Stoolmiller, 1998;Stoolmiller, 1994). It has been consistently shown that the number of delinquent friends is one of the strongest correlates of delinquent behavior in adolescence (Buehler, 2006;Laird, Pettit, Dodge, & Bates, 2005). Yet it has to be acknowledged that these Overview of hypotheses to be tested.…”

Exploring Adolescent-parent Relationships in Asian American Immigrant Families: An Ecological Perspective

“…While there has been an increase in research on Asian American (AA) developmental, ecological, and cultural contexts. Moreover, the quality of the parent-child relations can have a significant effect on adolescents' well-being and functioning (Buehler, 2006;Parke & Buriel, 2006;WalkerBarnes & Mason, 2004). As such, research shows a strong association between AA adolescent-parent relationship and adolescents' emotional or psychological well-being and behavioral functioning (Greenberger & Chen, 1996;Hwang, Wood, & Fujimoto, 2010;Kim, Chen, Wang, Shen, & Orozco-Lapray, 2012;Lee & Liu, 2001;Lim, Yeh, Liang, Lau, & McCabe, 2009;Qin, 2008;Ying & Han, 2007).…”