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Author: Schindler, Holly S.
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. Coley, Rebekah Levine
Medeiros, Bethany L.
Schindler, Holly S.
Using Sibling Differences to Estimate Effects of Parenting on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors
Journal of Adolescent Health 43,2 (August 2008):133-140.
Also: http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X%2808%2900101-8/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Heterogeneity; Modeling, Multilevel; Parenting Skills/Styles; Risk-Taking; Sexual Behavior

Purpose
To estimate effects of positive and involved parenting during mid-adolescence on sexual risk behaviors (frequency of intercourse, unprotected intercourse, and number of sexual partners) during late adolescence. Substantial literature suggests that supportive family contexts and parenting behaviors may discourage adolescents from engaging in early and risky sexual activities; yet methodological limitations hamper the conclusions regarding causality and directionality that can be drawn from much existing research. To address such limitations, the current study used a variety of increasingly conservative statistical modeling techniques to help control for unobserved heterogeneity and potential bias and hence to progress toward identifying causal relationships.

Methods
Drawing from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of adolescents (NLSY97; N = 4980), this study used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models, lagged regression models, and family fixed-effects models to assess whether parental knowledge, parent negativity, and family activities during midadolescence predicted differences in late adolescent sexual risk behaviors.

Results
Even after controlling for unobserved heterogeneity across individuals and across families, parenting processes significantly predicted later adolescent sexual risk behaviors. Specifically, more regular family activities and less negative and hostile parenting during mid-adolescence predicted lower sexual risk behaviors during late adolescence.

Conclusions
Results concerning the buffering effects of parenting on adolescent risk behaviors help to inform prevention and intervention efforts. Through the use of more rigorous statistical methodology and large representative samples of youth, this research provides an exemplar of how survey research can seek to move closer to understanding causal processes in the exceedingly complex systems of human development.

Bibliography Citation
Coley, Rebekah Levine, Bethany L. Medeiros and Holly S. Schindler. "Using Sibling Differences to Estimate Effects of Parenting on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors." Journal of Adolescent Health 43,2 (August 2008):133-140.
2. Coley, Rebekah Levine
Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth
Schindler, Holly S.
Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting Predicting and Responding to Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors
Child Development 80,3 (May/June 2009): 808-827.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01299.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Behavioral Problems; Family Influences; Parenting Skills/Styles; Risk-Taking; Sexual Behavior

Transactional models of problem behavior argue that less effective parenting and adolescent problem behaviors coevolve, exerting bidirectional influences. This article extends such models by analyzing growth trajectories of sexual risk behaviors and parenting processes among 3,206 adolescents (aged 13-18) and their residential parents. Within individuals, increases in regular family activities prospectively predicted declines in adolescents' risky sexual activities. In contrast, increases in risky sexual activities predicted heightened father knowledge. Between-individual comparisons revealed bidirectional links between more involved parenting, particularly family activities and father knowledge, and lower adolescent risky sexual activity. Results highlight the importance of family activities as a protective force for adolescents and suggest that fathers may react differently than mothers in the face of youth problem behaviors.
Bibliography Citation
Coley, Rebekah Levine, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal and Holly S. Schindler. "Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting Predicting and Responding to Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors." Child Development 80,3 (May/June 2009): 808-827.
3. Coley, Rebekah Levine
Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth
Schindler, Holly S.
Trajectories of Parenting Processes and Adolescent Substance Use: Reciprocal Effects
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 36,4 (August 2008): 613-625.
Also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18288605
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keyword(s): Child Development; Families, Two-Parent; Family Environment; Family Studies; Fathers, Involvement; Modeling; Substance Use

Drawing on transactional theories of child development, we assessed bidirectional links between trajectories of adolescent substance use and parenting processes from early through mid adolescence. Hierarchical generalized models estimated trajectories for 3,317 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, exploring both between- and within-individual effects. Between individuals, adolescents reporting more regular family activities and greater father and mother knowledge of friends and teachers experienced lower levels of substance use through mid adolescence. Similarly, adolescents with more frequent substance use reported lower family activities, father knowledge, and mother knowledge, though these differences dissipated over time. Momre conservative within-individual differences indicated a prospective protective effect of family activities, with increases in adolescent participation in family activities predicting later declines in substance use. Results support the central importance of engagement in regular family activities, and suggest the need for further exploration of transactional processes between parents and children in the development of risk behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bibliography Citation
Coley, Rebekah Levine, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal and Holly S. Schindler. "Trajectories of Parenting Processes and Adolescent Substance Use: Reciprocal Effects." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 36,4 (August 2008): 613-625.
4. Schindler, Holly S.
Coley, Rebekah Levine
Predicting Marital Separation: Do Parent–Child Relationships Matter?
Journal of Family Psychology 26,4 (August 2012): 499-508.
Also: DOI: 10.1037/a0028863
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keyword(s): Family Influences; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marital Status; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness

This study used a family systems perspective in modeling predictors of marital separation within married-parent families with adolescents. Specifically, we examined whether mother–adolescent closeness and negativity, father–adolescent closeness and negativity, and couple relationship quality (mothers' and fathers' positive marital behaviors) prospectively predicted the likelihood of marital separation, operationalized as the father moving out of the household. Data were derived from the first 4 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 (n = 1649), assessing both biological and stepfather families. Results from complementary log–log analyses revealed that marital separations were related to complex family relationships. Specifically, greater mother–adolescent closeness predicted a higher likelihood of marital separation, whereas greater father–child closeness predicted a lower likelihood. In addition, mothers' more positive marital behaviors toward fathers predicted a lower likelihood of marital separation. Patterns were largely similar between biological and stepfather families, with the exception that mothers' positive marital behaviors toward fathers were more influential within biological father families.
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Bibliography Citation
Schindler, Holly S. and Rebekah Levine Coley. "Predicting Marital Separation: Do Parent–Child Relationships Matter? ." Journal of Family Psychology 26,4 (August 2012): 499-508.