Citation

Blackson TC, Tarter RE, Loeber R, Ammerman RT, Windle M. J. Youth Adolesc. 1996; 25(3): 389-411.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

This study was undertaken to examine the relative contribution of paternal history of substance abuse and difficult temperament in fathers and sons on a panel of individual, family, and interpersonal risk factors shown to be associated with deviant peer affiliations among boys. Deviant peer affiliations among boys have been associated with development of a conduct disorder and early age substance use. In a sample of sons of substance abusing fathers (n =56) and normal fathers (n=94), a structural equation path analysis revealed that the conjoint influence of paternal history of substance abuse and difficult temperament in fathers and sons influenced family and interpersonal processes that, in turn, influenced the developmental trajectory of the child toward deviant peer affiliations. The full model (F=74.49, p<.001, Stability Index=0.70) explained 50% of the variance on sons' Peer Delinquency Scale scores. Implications for primary prevention are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by Springer)

Parent Child Relations
Parent Substance Use
Father Child Relations
Family Relations
Juvenile Deviance
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Male
Child Delinquency
Child Deviance
Child Male
Late Childhood
Early Adolescence
Peer Relations
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