@article{ref1,
title="The effects of differential parenting on sibling differences in self-control and delinquency among brother-sister pairs",
journal="Criminal justice review",
year="2012",
author="Boisvert, Danielle and Vaske, Jamie and Taylor, Justine and Wright, John P.",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="5-23",
abstract="Gottfredson and Hirschi acknowledge that there are sex differences in levels of self-control, with males exhibiting lower levels of self-control compared to females. There remains a gap in the empirical literature, however, as to whether differential parental treatment can explain differences in levels of self-control across the sexes. Using siblings of opposite sex from the Add Health study (N = 356, brother-sister pairs) and following a within-family research design, the current study examines whether differences in parenting behaviors within the home are associated with sex differences in self-control between siblings and whether these differences in self-control explained sex differences in delinquency. The results revealed that differential maternal attachment and differential maternal rejection were significantly related to sex differences in self-control. Sex differences in self-control, in turn, were significantly associated with sex differences in delinquency. The findings also showed that sex differences in self-control mediated the association between differential maternal rejection and delinquency, but that differential maternal attachment was indirectly associated with higher levels of delinquency for boys via lower levels of self-control. The impact of nonshared environmental factors on behavioral differences in opposite-sex siblings within the home is discussed. <br><br>KEYWORDS: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency<p />",
language="en",
issn="0734-0168",
doi="10.1177/0734016811423579",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734016811423579"
}