Deviant Peers and Adolescent Risky Behaviors: The Protective Effect of Nonverbal Display of Parental Warmth

This study examines whether nonverbal displays of parents’ warmth during an in‐lab conflict discussion mitigate the links between affiliation with deviant peers and risky behaviors. A sample of 107 youth and their parents participated in a study spanning from mid‐adolescence (T1) to late adolescence...

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Published in:Journal of research on adolescence 2019-12, Vol.29 (4), p.863-878
Main Authors: Daspe, Marie‐Ève, Arbel, Reout, Ramos, Michelle C., Shapiro, Lauren A. S., Margolin, Gayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent girls
Adolescents
Child development
Childrearing practices
Deviance
Fathers
Friendship
Health risk assessment
Mothers
Parenting style
Parents & parenting
Peers
Protective factors
Relatives
Risk taking
Runaways
Youth
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Summary:This study examines whether nonverbal displays of parents’ warmth during an in‐lab conflict discussion mitigate the links between affiliation with deviant peers and risky behaviors. A sample of 107 youth and their parents participated in a study spanning from mid‐adolescence (T1) to late adolescence (T2). At T1, family members discussed a contentious issue, which was coded for parents’ nonverbal warmth. At T1 and T2, youth reported on their friends’ and their own risky behaviors. Fathers’ warmth moderated each prospective association between deviant peers and risky behaviors. Mothers’ warmth did not emerge as a significant moderator. Girls, in particular, benefitted from fathers’ warmth as a buffer in the trajectory from T1 risky behaviors to T2 risky behaviors and deviant peers.
ISSN:1050-8392
1532-7795
DOI:10.1111/jora.12418