Parenting factors, social skills, and value commitments as precursors to school failure, involvement with deviant peers, and delinquent behavior

Elements of social control theory were combined with social learning theory to construct a model of delinquency which specifies the manner in which parenting factors, social skills, value commitments, and problems in school contribute to association with deviant peers and involvement in delinquent b...

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Published inJournal of youth and adolescence Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 645 - 664
Main Authors Simons, R.L, Whitbeck, L.B, Conger, R.D, Conger, K.J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1991
Subjects
4-H Youth Development Program
abnormal behavior
academic achievement
Academic Failure
Adolescents
Delinquency Causes
Deviance
Etiology
gender differences
Grade 7
Interpersonal Competence
Junior High School Students
Junior High Schools
Parent Influence
parent-child relationships
parental role
Peer Relationship
peer relationships
school behavior
schools
Social Control Theory
Social Learning Theory
social values
Values
youth development
United States
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Summary:Elements of social control theory were combined with social learning theory to construct a model of delinquency which specifies the manner in which parenting factors, social skills, value commitments, and problems in school contribute to association with deviant peers and involvement in delinquent behavior. The model was tested using a sample of 61 families, each of which included a seventh grader. Questionnaire responses and coded videotaped family interaction were employed as measures of study constructs. The results largely supported the proposed model.
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/BF01537367