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Title: Father Absence and Adolescent Depression and Delinquency: A Comparison of Siblings Approach
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Markowitz, Anna J. Ryan, Rebecca M. |
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Father Absence and Adolescent Depression and Delinquency: A Comparison of Siblings Approach Journal of Marriage and Family 78,5 (October 2016): 1300-1314. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12343/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; CESD (Depression Scale); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Fathers, Absence; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Siblings Although associations between having a nonresident father and increased internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence have been well documented, research has yet to establish the plausible causality of these links or identify underlying mechanisms. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 - Young Adult survey, this study addresses these questions by comparing the depressive symptoms and delinquent behavior of siblings discordant for age at father departure. Findings indicate that father departure later in childhood is associated with increased adolescent delinquency but not depressive symptoms, whereas early childhood father departure was not associated with adolescent outcomes. Both findings suggests that parental monitoring—rather than socialization or emotional distress—may account for links between father departure and adolescent delinquency. |
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Markowitz, Anna J. and Rebecca M. Ryan. "Father Absence and Adolescent Depression and Delinquency: A Comparison of Siblings Approach." Journal of Marriage and Family 78,5 (October 2016): 1300-1314.
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