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- Title
The influence of anxiety, parental conflict, and family criminality in predicting juvenile delinquency.
- Authors
Kumar, Kruthi Jagadish
- Abstract
Empirical studies have consistently identified family conditions, deviant behaviors, mental health issues, and experiences of abuse and violence as the key risk factors among delinquents. In contrast, parental self-control, academic achievement, and guidance have been identified as protective factors against delinquency (Meldrum et al., 2016; Phillips, 2012; Piang et al., 2017). Using a secondary dataset of a nationally representative sample, this study examined the influence of anxiety, parental conflict, and family criminality in predicting juvenile delinquency. Four research questions addressed the relationship between anxiety, parental conflict, family criminality, and delinquency. Ordinary Least Square Regression and Moderation Analysis were used to test these research questions and their respective hypotheses. The results showed that gender, parental conflict, and family criminality significantly predict delinquency. As well as parental conflict and family criminality significantly moderate the relationship between anxiety and juvenile delinquency.
- Subjects
JUVENILE delinquency; CRIME; RISK of violence; ANXIETY; DEVIANT behavior; FAMILY conflict
- Publication
Virginia Social Science Journal, 2024, Vol 57, p1
- ISSN
0507-1305
- Publication type
Article