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Author: Miller, Scott R.
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Menard, Jessica Knezevic, Bojana Miller, Scott R. Edelstein, Daniel Thompson, Kristi Miller, Carlin J. |
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Intergenerational Transmission of Antisocial Behavior and Age at Primiparity Journal of Child and Family Studies 24,3 (March 2015): 798-808. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-013-9890-3 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Fertility; Age at Birth; Age at First Birth; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavior, Antisocial; Bullying/Victimization; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers, Adolescent; Mothers, Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study developed a model linking maternal and offspring antisocial behavior, with particular emphasis on whether this link is especially strong in teenage mother-child dyads. Data were taken from a longitudinal government dataset; structural equation modeling and invariance testing was used to test the hypotheses. Good model fit indicated that maternal and offspring antisociality are linked, and antisocial behavior persists across childhood, but that these relationships are not dependent on the mother's age at primiparity. These results suggest that although maternal behavior predicts offspring antisociality, being the child of a teenage mother is not an independent risk factor for the development of antisociality. Given that mothers in general tend to transmit their antisocial behavior patterns, intervention for antisocial behavior patterns in females before or during adolescence should contribute to a significant lessening of not only their own behavior problems, but also the incidence of antisocial behavior in their future offspring. |
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Menard, Jessica, Bojana Knezevic, Scott R. Miller, Daniel Edelstein, Kristi Thompson and Carlin J. Miller. "Intergenerational Transmission of Antisocial Behavior and Age at Primiparity." Journal of Child and Family Studies 24,3 (March 2015): 798-808.
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Trella, Rachel N. Schentag Miller, Scott R. Edelstein, Daniel Miller, Carlin J. |
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Maternal Behavior Prior to Parenting as a Transgenerational Predictor of Offspring Behavior Journal of Child and Family Studies 23,8 (November 2014): 1501-1509. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-013-9806-2 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavior, Antisocial; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Income; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers, Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Behavior problems influence development at multiple stages over the lifespan. The present study explores the relations between maternal behavior prior to parenting and offspring behavior problems in childhood and adolescence using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data (N = 2,820 dyads with 50.0 % male offspring and 52.2 % of ethnic/racial minority status). Index scores for behavior problems were created for mothers prior to parenting and for offspring at two time points. Path analyses indicated that maternal behavior problems prior to parenthood predicted offspring being at increased risk for behavior problems in childhood and adolescence. Mothers� behavior had a significant influence on adolescent behavior, even after childhood behavior problems and demographic covariates were taken into account. Post-hoc analyses demonstrated the stability of behavior problems is especially strong for males. Results support a long tradition of research and the external validity of the stability of behavior problems as well as the importance of maternal behavior prior to parenthood for their future offspring across development. Clinical and policy implications are discussed. |
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Bibliography Citation
Trella, Rachel N. Schentag, Scott R. Miller, Daniel Edelstein and Carlin J. Miller. "Maternal Behavior Prior to Parenting as a Transgenerational Predictor of Offspring Behavior." Journal of Child and Family Studies 23,8 (November 2014): 1501-1509.
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