Pathways to delinquency and substance use among African American youth: Does future orientation mediate the effects of peer norms and parental monitoring?
The following study assessed whether future orientation mediated the effects of peer norms and parental monitoring on delinquency and substance use among 549 African American adolescents. Structural equation modeling computed direct and indirect (meditational) relationships between parental monitoring and peer norms through future orientation. Parental monitoring significantly correlated with lower delinquency through future orientation (B = -.05, standard deviation = .01, p < .01). Future orientation mediated more than quarter (27.70%) of the total effect of parental monitoring on delinquency. Overall findings underscore the importance of strengthening resilience factors for African American youth, especially those who live in low-income communities.
['Marotta|Phillip L|PL|', 'Voisin|Dexter R|DR|']
D000293:Adolescent D000294:Adolescent Behavior D001741:African Americans D005260:Female D006801:Humans D007604:Juvenile Delinquency D000077272:Latent Class Analysis D008297:Male D016487:Parenting D000067074:Peer Influence D011203:Poverty D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
adolescence drinking behavior health behavior race risk reduction self-efficacy social network social support sociodemographic variables wellbeing