Bidirectional Relationships Between Parenting Processes and Deviance in a Sample of Inner-City African American Youth

Charlene Harris, Alexander T. Vazsonyi, John M. Bolland

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Abstract

This study assessed bidirectional relationships among supportive parenting (knowledge), negative parenting (permissiveness), and deviance in a sample (N = 5,325) of poor, inner-city African American youth from the Mobile Youth Survey over 4 years. Cross-lagged path analysis provided evidence of significant bidirectional paths among parenting processes (knowledge and permissiveness) and deviance over time. Follow-up multigroup tests provided only modest evidence of dissimilar relationships by sex and by developmental periods. The findings improve our understanding of developmental changes between parenting behaviors and deviance during adolescence and extend current research of the bidirectionality of parent and child relationships among inner-city African American youth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)201-213
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Research on Adolescence
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2017

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© 2016 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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