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- Title
Gender Differences in the Developmental Cascade From Harsh Parenting to Educational Attainment: An Evolutionary Perspective.
- Authors
Hentges, Rochelle F.; Wang, Ming‐Te; Wang, Ming-Te
- Abstract
This study utilized life history theory to test a developmental cascade model linking harsh parenting to low educational attainment. Multigroup models were examined to test for potential gender differences. The sample consisted of 1,482 adolescents followed up for 9 years starting in seventh grade (Mage = 12.74). Results supported indirect links between harsh parenting and low educational attainment through the development of extreme peer orientations, early sexual behavior, and delinquency. Among male adolescents, harsh parenting was related to the development of an extreme peer orientation, which further led to increased delinquency, and subsequently lower educational attainment. Among female adolescents, harsh parenting predicted extreme peer orientations, which increased both delinquency and early sexual behavior. Early sexual behavior further predicted lower educational attainment in female adolescents.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL attainment; STRICT parenting; GENDER differences (Psychology); ADOLESCENT psychology; TEENAGERS' sexual behavior; PREDICTION of criminal behavior
- Publication
Child Development, 2018, Vol 89, Issue 2, p397
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.12719