A Dyadic Approach to Understanding the Relationship of Maternal Knowledge of Youths' Activities to Youths' Problem Behavior among Rural Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Lippold, Melissa A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Feinberg, Mark E.
Titel	A Dyadic Approach to Understanding the Relationship of Maternal Knowledge of Youths' Activities to Youths' Problem Behavior among Rural Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 9, S.1178-1191 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-010-9595-5
Schlagwörter	Youth Problems; Delinquency; Mothers; Knowledge Level; Early Adolescents; Rural Areas; Parent Child Relationship; Correlation; Behavior Problems; Drug Use; Substance Abuse; Adolescent Attitudes; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Mother; Mutter; Wissensbasis; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Korrelation; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Drug use; Drug consomption
Abstract	Most studies that explore parental knowledge of youths' activities utilize parents' and youths' reports separately. Using a sample of 938 rural early adolescents (53% female; 84% White), we explore congruence between mothers' and youths' perceptions of maternal knowledge and its association with youth problem behaviors (delinquency, substance use, and attitudes towards substances). Maternal overestimation of knowledge (compared to youths' ratings) was positively associated with delinquency and negatively associated with healthy drug attitudes. Significant differences in problem behaviors were found between four groups created based on mothers' and youths' level of knowledge (High Youth and Mother, High Youth/Low Mother, Low Youth/High Mother, and Low Youth and Mother). The High Youth and Mother group demonstrated less substance use and healthier drug attitudes than the Low Youth and Mother group. The Low Youth/High Mother group had significantly higher levels of substance use and delinquency than the High Youth and Mother group. Intervention implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10