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Author: Li, Spencer D.
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Li, Spencer D. |
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Familial Religiosity, Family Processes, and Juvenile Delinquency in a National Sample of Early Adolescents Journal of Early Adolescence 34,4 (May 2014): 436-462. Also: http://jea.sagepub.com/content/34/4/436 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Influences; Family Process Measures; Religion; Religious Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Personal religiosity has been identified as a protective factor against juvenile delinquency. However, the influence of familial religiosity on delinquent behavior is less known. This study addresses this gap by investigating how family participation in organizational religious activities is related to delinquent involvement in early adolescence. Based on a structural equation modeling analysis of data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), this study finds an overall negative association between familial religiosity and juvenile delinquency. It also finds that much of the relationship between familial religiosity and juvenile delinquency is mediated by the mechanisms of marital relationship, parenting practice, and attachment to parents. |
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Li, Spencer D. "Familial Religiosity, Family Processes, and Juvenile Delinquency in a National Sample of Early Adolescents." Journal of Early Adolescence 34,4 (May 2014): 436-462.
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Li, Spencer D. |
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The Religious Context of Parenting, Family Processes, and Alcohol Use in Early Adolescence Journal of Drug Issues 41,4 (October 2011): 619-648. Also:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002204261104100408 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Family Process Measures; Modeling, Structural Equation; Parenting Skills/Styles; Religious Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Personal religiosity has been identified as a protective factor against adolescent use and misuse of alcohol. Less is known about the influence of the religious context of parenting on the drinking behavior of adolescents. This study addresses this gap by investigating how religious context of parenting is related to marital relationship, parenting practice, child-parent bonding, and alcohol use and misuse in early adolescence. Through a structural equation modeling analysis of the data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this study finds that the religious context of parenting is negatively related to prevalence of alcohol use, frequency of alcohol consumption, and frequency of heavy drinking among early adolescents. In addition to its direct effect on adolescent drinking behavior, religious context of parenting appears to inhibit alcohol use and misuse indirectly by decreasing interparental conflict and increasing effective parenting and child-parent relationship. |
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Li, Spencer D. "The Religious Context of Parenting, Family Processes, and Alcohol Use in Early Adolescence." Journal of Drug Issues 41,4 (October 2011): 619-648. Also:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002204261104100408.
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Li, Spencer D. Liu, Tzu-Hsuan Xia, Yiwei |
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A Comparative Study of Parenting Practices and Juvenile Delinquency between China and the United States Deviant Behavior published online (25 May 2022): DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2022.2081102. Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2022.2081102 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Keyword(s): Chinese; Cross-national Analysis; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parenting Skills/Styles This study examines the differences in parenting practices and their effects on juvenile delinquency between China and the United States. Its principal goal is to gain a more culturally relevant understanding of the possible ways of preventing delinquency through the improvement of parenting styles. The analyses were based on a nationally representative sample of American adolescents and a probability sample of Chinese adolescents in the same age group. To increase data comparability, the study employed similar measures of parenting practices and delinquency in the two samples. The analysis indicated that the American adolescents perceived a higher level of parental responsiveness but a lower level of parental control than did the Chinese adolescents. While parental responsiveness was inversely related to delinquency in both samples, parental control predicted lower delinquency only in the U.S. sample. Moreover, the negative relationship between parental monitoring and delinquency was stronger among the American adolescents than among the Chinese adolescents. The results underscore the need to consider cultural differences when assessing the impact of parenting practices on delinquency, or when applying the research findings to delinquency prevention programs. |
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Li, Spencer D., Tzu-Hsuan Liu and Yiwei Xia. "A Comparative Study of Parenting Practices and Juvenile Delinquency between China and the United States." Deviant Behavior published online (25 May 2022): DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2022.2081102.
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