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- Title
The Prospective Impact of Family Functioning and Parenting Practices on Court-Involved Youth's Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior.
- Authors
Folk, Johanna B.; Brown, Larry K.; Marshall, Brandon D. L.; Ramos, Lili M. C.; Gopalakrishnan, Lakshmi; Koinis-Mitchell, Daphne; Tolou-Shams, Marina
- Abstract
Court-involved youth exhibit high rates of psychiatric symptoms, substance use, and delinquency, yet little is known about the contributing roles of caregiver and family factors. The current study examined whether family functioning and parental monitoring mediate the relationship between caregiver and youth psychiatric symptoms (at first court contact) and youth substance use and delinquency (two years later). Participants were 400 first-time offending court-involved youth (Mage = 14.5 years; 57.3% male; 45.6% non-Latinx White, 42.0% Latinx) and an involved caregiver (Mage = 41.0 years; 87.2% female; 53.0% non-Latinx White, 33.8% Latinx). Structural equation modeling revealed that caregiver and youth psychiatric symptoms were prospectively associated with worse family functioning, which was in turn related to higher levels of youth delinquency and greater likelihood of substance use. The results support the notion of addressing the needs of justice-involved youth and families holistically rather than treating youth as "the problem" in isolation.
- Subjects
SUBSTANCE use of youth; JUVENILE justice administration; SYMPTOMS; JUVENILE delinquency; PARENTING; RISK-taking behavior; FAMILY relations; BEHAVIOR disorders
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2020, Vol 49, Issue 1, p238
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-019-01099-8