Effects of Perceived Parental School Support and Family Communication on Delinquent Behaviors in Latinos and White Non-Latinos

The authors examined the roles of perceived parental school support and family communication in the context of delinquent behaviors in Mexican American and White non-Latino adolescents. Family communication was defined as the degree to which adolescents endorsed that they communicated with their par...

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Published in:Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2005-02, Vol.11 (1), p.57-68
Main Authors: Davalos, Deana B, Chavez, Ernest L, Guardiola, Robert J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adolescent
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescents
Attitude
Communication
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Family Relations
Female
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Human
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Delinquency - psychology
Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data
Latinos/Latinas
Male
Mexican Americans
Parent Child Communication
Parent Child Relations
Parental Influence
Parents
Professional-Family Relations
Racial and Ethnic Differences
School Health Services
Schools
Social Support
Surveys and Questionnaires
White People
Whites
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Summary:The authors examined the roles of perceived parental school support and family communication in the context of delinquent behaviors in Mexican American and White non-Latino adolescents. Family communication was defined as the degree to which adolescents endorsed that they communicated with their parents about a variety of topics. The Parental School Support scale was administered to assess adolescents' perceptions of parental support for academic pursuits. Data analysis included the relationship between these variables and their predictive relationship to delinquency, and the relationship to gender and ethnicity. Results demonstrated that adolescents' perceptions of family communication and parental school support were related to the likelihood of committing delinquent acts. There were no significant differences in gender or ethnicity in perceived levels of family communication and parental school support.
ISSN:1099-9809
1939-0106
DOI:10.1037/1099-9809.11.1.57