TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - A Mediated-Moderation Model of Maternal Parenting Style, Association with Deviant Peers, and Problem Behaviors in Urban African American and European American Adolescents JO - Journal of child and family studies A1 - Weaver, Scott R. A1 - Prelow, Hazel M. SP - 343 EP - 356 VL - 14 IS - 3 N2 - We examined a model positing that association with deviant peers mediates the relation between perceived maternal parenting style, represented by the dimensions demandingness, responsiveness, and their interaction, and problem behaviors in an urban sample of 82 African American and 56 European American young adolescents. Regression analyses revealed that the data are consistent with a model where association with deviant peers mediates the relation between maternal responsiveness and problem behaviors for European Americans and African American males. In addition, a responsiveness by demandingness interaction was found for European Americans. Only the relation between association with deviant peers and problem behaviors was supported for African American females. The results suggest that ethnic and gender variables might interact with pathways from parenting to association with deviant peers and problem behaviors and that the dimensions of parenting might not be equal in their salience.

LA - SN - 1062-1024 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-005-6847-1 ID - ref1 ER -