Examining Family Structure and Parenting Processes as Predictors of Delinquency in African-American Adolescent Females

This study employed a sample of African-American adolescent females from intact (n=279) and non-intact (n=219) families to examine the relationship between parenting processes (parental monitoring, parent-adolescent communication, parent-adolescent attachment, authoritative parenting) and delinquency. Results revealed no significant differences in parenting processes or delinquent participation for African-American adolescent females residing in either family structure. Parental monitoring predicted African-American adolescent female delinquency in both family structures; parent adolescent communication predicted delinquency among African-American adolescent females in non-intact families. Implications for family therapy are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Marriage and Family Therapy

Department dc:contributor.department

Marriage and Family Therapy

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, H. Jermaine

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Huebner, Angela J.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Stith, Sandra M.
• McCollum, Eric E.

• delinquency
• family structure
• adolescent females
• African American adolescent females
• parenting processes

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09292005-210410

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35228