This cross-sectional study explores potential mediating effects of parental monitoring of
peers on three adolescent problem behaviors (externalizing behavior, drug use, sexual risk …

Abstract Effects of ethnicity and neighborhood quality often are confounded in research on
adolescent delinquent behavior. This study examined the pathways to delinquency among …

Court-involved youth exhibit high rates of psychiatric symptoms, substance use, and
delinquency, yet little is known about the contributing roles of caregiver and family factors …

From socialization theory, it was hypothesized that parental support and monitoring as well
as peer deviance would influence individual trajectories of alcohol misuse, other substance …

The aim of the present study was to examine a model positing that association with deviant
peers mediates the relation between adolescent perceived parenting behaviors (maternal …

Objective Mounting literature suggests that parental monitoring, risky peer norms, and future
orientation correlate with illicit drug use and delinquency. However, few studies have …

Family-based interventions targeting parenting factors, such as parental monitoring and
parent–child communication, have been successful in reducing adolescent offenders' …

As the primary socializing institution of youth, the family has long been recognized as
important for predicting delinquency. Social control theory focuses on the effects of parental …

Determining the interdependence of family and peer influences on the development of
delinquency is critical to defining and implementing effective interventions. This study …

In this paper, we develop and test hypotheses on how authoritative parenting and collective
efficacy combine to increase a child's risk of affiliating with deviant peers and engaging in …