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Associations among the parent–adolescent relationship, aggression and delinquency in different ethnic groups: a replication across two Dutch samples

Authors: Veroni I. Eichelsheim, Kirsten L. Buist, Maja Deković, Inge B. Wissink, Tom Frijns, Pol A. C. van Lier, Hans M. Koot, Wim H. J. Meeus

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

Background

The aim of the present study is to examine whether the patterns of association between the quality of the parent–adolescent relationship on the one hand, and aggression and delinquency on the other hand, are the same for boys and girls of Dutch and Moroccan origin living in the Netherlands. Since inconsistent results have been found previously, the present study tests the replicability of the model of associations in two different Dutch samples of adolescents.

Method

Study 1 included 288 adolescents (M age = 14.9, range 12–17 years) all attending lower secondary education. Study 2 included 306 adolescents (M age = 13.2, range = 12–15 years) who were part of a larger community sample with oversampling of at risk adolescents.

Results

Multigroup structural analyses showed that neither in Study 1 nor in Study 2 ethnic or gender differences were found in the patterns of associations between support, autonomy, disclosure, and negativity in the parent–adolescent relationship and aggression and delinquency. The patterns were largely similar for both studies. Mainly negative quality of the relationship in both studies was found to be strongly related to both aggression and delinquency.

Discussion

Results show that family processes that affect adolescent development, show a large degree of universality across gender and ethnicity.

Tables with descriptive information of all assessed variables for both Study 1 and Study 2 can be obtained from Veroni I. Eichelsheim.

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Title: Associations among the parent–adolescent relationship, aggression and delinquency in different ethnic groups: a replication across two Dutch samples
Authors: Veroni I. Eichelsheim
Kirsten L. Buist
Maja Deković
Inge B. Wissink
Tom Frijns
Pol A. C. van Lier
Hans M. Koot
Wim H. J. Meeus
Publication date: 01-03-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0071-z

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Associations among the parent–adolescent relationship, aggression and delinquency in different ethnic groups: a replication across two Dutch samples

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