TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The spillover mechanisms linking family conflicts and juvenile delinquency among Chinese adolescents
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Liu, Tzu-Hsuan
A1  - De Li, Spencer
A1  - Zhang, Xiaohua
A1  - Xia, Yiwei
SP  - 306624X19842057
EP  - 306624X19842057
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The mechanisms through which conflicting parental relationship and parenting practices influence adolescent antisocial behavior have not been adequately understood. To bring more understanding to the mechanisms, this study investigates how marital discord interrelates with interparental inconsistency in parenting practices, and how these family conditions influence juvenile delinquency through their spillover effects on mental health problems, parental attachment and delinquent peer association among Chinese adolescents. <br><br>FINDINGS obtained from a structural equation modeling analysis of survey data collected from a probability sample of 2,496 adolescents (mean age = 15.16 years) are generally consistent with the spillover effect hypothesis. The results demonstrate that mental health problems, parental attachment, and delinquent peer association operate as critical mediators linking marital discord and interparental inconsistency to juvenile delinquency.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19842057
ID  - ref1
ER  -