Childhood Maltreatment, Parental Monitoring, and Self-Control among Homeless Young Adults: Consequences for Negative Social Outcomes

Although parenting factors have been found to contribute to self-control, little is understood about how experiences of maltreatment affect the development of self-control and whether self-control mediates the relationship between maltreatment and negative social outcomes, especially among homeless...

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Published in:Criminal justice and behavior 2011-12, Vol.38 (12), p.1244-1264
Main Authors: Kort-Butler, Lisa A., Tyler, Kimberly A., Melander, Lisa A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior problems
Child abuse & neglect
Childhood
Childrearing practices
Criminality
Criminology
Homeless people
Homeless young people
Maltreatment
Parental control
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Runaways
Secondary school students
Self control
Selfcontrol
Young adults
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Summary:Although parenting factors have been found to contribute to self-control, little is understood about how experiences of maltreatment affect the development of self-control and whether self-control mediates the relationship between maltreatment and negative social outcomes, especially among homeless individuals. This study examined whether lower parental monitoring, physical abuse, and neglect affected the development of self-control and if self-control mediated the relationship between parenting factors and negative social outcomes among a sample of homeless young adults. Results from path analyses indicated that lower parental monitoring and earlier age at first abuse contributed to less cognitive self-control. The effect of monitoring on criminal behavior was partially mediated by self-control. Independent of self-control, low monitoring, physical abuse, and neglect had direct effects on negative outcomes. Running away, a behavioral indicator of self-control, also had direct effects on negative outcomes.
ISSN:0093-8548
1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854811423480