Empathy as a Mediator of the Relationship between Authoritative Parenting and Delinquent Behavior in Adolescence

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• Alternative Title:
  J Youth Adolesc
• Personal Author:
  Goering, Marlon ; Mrug, Sylvie
• Description:
  The characteristics of authoritative parenting, including high parental nurturance and appropriate control, are protective against adolescents' delinquency. However, the mediating psychological mechanisms are not well understood. This three-wave longitudinal study with 704 adolescents (52% males; 76% African American) investigated empathy at age 13 as a mediator of the prospective association between authoritative parenting (child's disclosure and parental nurturance) at age 11 with delinquency at age 18. The results of a structural equation model revealed a significant indirect effect of authoritative parenting on delinquency through empathy. Authoritative parenting at age 11 predicted increased empathy at age 13, which then predicted decreased delinquency at age 18. These findings suggest that authoritative parenting reduces adolescents' delinquency by promoting empathy.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Child Female Humans Juvenile Delinquency Longitudinal Studies Male Parent-Child Relations Parenting Prospective Studies

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• Source:
  J Youth Adolesc. 50(7):1308-1318
• Pubmed ID:
  33991274
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8343943
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 DA024700/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K01DA024700/Foundation for the National Institutes of Health/ ; R49-CCR418569/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:760622f966b8adcb1adee16e577058ed2df17c030a90f9726ab990cbb53e7112
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108722/cdc_108722_DS1.pdf
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