Interparental Aggression and Antisocial Behavior among African American Youth: A Simultaneous Test of Competing Explanations

Autor/inn/en	Su, Xiaoli; Simons, Ronald L.; Simons, Leslie G.
Titel	Interparental Aggression and Antisocial Behavior among African American Youth: A Simultaneous Test of Competing Explanations
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 11, S.1489-1502 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9673-3
Schlagwörter	Psychological Needs; Antisocial Behavior; Females; Adolescents; Path Analysis; Aggression; African Americans; Children; Security (Psychology); Longitudinal Studies; Gender Differences; Parent Child Relationship; Parents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Pfadanalyse; Afroamerikaner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Eltern
Abstract	Interparental aggression has long been implicated as a cause of child and adolescent antisocial behavior. Four theoretical explanations (viz., an aggressogenic cognition model, general strain theory, an emotional security model, and a spillover model) have been proposed to account for this deleterious effect. To gain a better understanding of the mechanism whereby interparental aggression promotes antisocial behavior, this study tests the competing explanations simultaneously using longitudinal data from a sample of 508 African American families with a child aged 12-14 (53.5% are girls). Using path analysis, the results support both the general strain theory and the emotional security model for girls. The results also show weak support for the spillover model. Whereas, for boys, all of the four explanations were supported, though the support for the spillover model is weak. Thus, the findings suggest that the mechanisms whereby interparental aggression fosters antisocial behavior may differ by gender. Implications and limitations of the current research are discussed. (As Provided).
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