Citation

Sabatine E, Lippold M, Kainz K. J. Appl. Dev. Psychol. 2017; 53: 54-63.

Affiliation

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.appdev.2017.09.005

PMID

29332981

PMCID

PMC5766046

Abstract

Parent and school bonds are protective against delinquency. This study used longitudinal data and multilevel Poisson regression models (MLM) to examine unique and interactive associations of parent and school bonds on youth delinquency in a sample of rural adolescents (n = 945; 84% White). We investigated whether youth sex or transitioning to a new middle school moderated the linkages between parent and school bonds and later delinquency.

RESULTS indicated reduced delinquency was associated with positive parent and school relationships. Parent and school bonds interacted such that linkages between parent bonding and youth delinquency were stronger when youth also had high school bonding - suggesting an additive effect. However, interactive effects were only found when youth remained in the same school and became nonsignificant if they transitioned to a new school.

FINDINGS support prior evidence that parent and school bonds - and their interaction - play a unique role in reducing delinquency.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescence; delinquency; parent bonding; school bonding; transition