Does parenting mediate the effects of exposure to violence on violent behavior? An ecological-transactional model of community violence

Richard Spano; Alexander T. Vazsonyi; John Bolland

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.12.003

Does parenting mediate the effects of exposure to violence on violent behavior? An ecological-transactional model of community violence

Richard Spano
, Alexander T. Vazsonyi
, John Bolland

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Abstract

Three waves of longitudinal data from a high poverty sample of 1544 African American youth were used to test an ecological-transactional model of violence. SEM analyses were conducted to determine whether parenting (Time 2) mediated the effects of exposure to violence (Time 1) on violent behaviors (Time 3). Findings supported the specified model. Multigroup SEM analyses indicated that neither family structure nor developmental stage (early versus middle/late adolescence) moderated these effects. However, exposure to violence had a larger effect on violent behaviors in female versus male youth, although the difference was simply in magnitude, not direction. A final model that predicted change scores also provided support for the hypothesized ecological-transactional model of violence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1321-1341
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.12.003
State	Published - Oct 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by a cooperative agreement administered by the National Institute for Child and Human Development (HD300060) and by support from the University of Alabama, the cities of Mobile and Prichard, Alabama, the Mobile Housing Board, and the Mobile County Health Department. We would like to thank all participants, without whom this research would not be possible as well as Debra McCallum, Brad Lian, and Holli Drummond, who were heavily involved in developing data collection protocols. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence in San Francisco, CA (March 23–26, 2006).

Funding

This research was supported by a cooperative agreement administered by the National Institute for Child and Human Development (HD300060) and by support from the University of Alabama, the cities of Mobile and Prichard, Alabama, the Mobile Housing Board, and the Mobile County Health Department. We would like to thank all participants, without whom this research would not be possible as well as Debra McCallum, Brad Lian, and Holli Drummond, who were heavily involved in developing data collection protocols. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence in San Francisco, CA (March 23–26, 2006).

Funders	Funder number
Mobile County Health Department
National Institute for Child and Human Development	HD300060
University of Alabama
Mobile Housing Board

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Adolescent development
Crime and delinquent behavior
Exposure to violence
Inner city/urban youth
Parents and parenting
Violence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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