Gang Membership and Pathways to Maladaptive Parenting

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• Alternative Title:
  J Res Adolesc
• Personal Author:
  Augustyn, Megan Bears ; Thornberry, Terence P. ; Krohn, Marvin D.
• Description:
  A limited amount of research examines the short-term consequences of gang membership. Rarer, though, is the examination of more distal consequences of gang membership. This is unfortunate because it understates the true detrimental effect of gang membership across the life course, as well as the effects it may have on children of former gang members. Using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, this work investigates the impact of gang membership in adolescence (ages 12-18) on a particularly problematic style of parenting, child maltreatment. Using discrete time survival analysis, this study finds that gang membership increases the likelihood of child maltreatment and this relationship is mediated by the more proximal outcomes of gang membership during adolescence, precocious transitions to adulthood.
• Keywords:
  Gang Membership Life Course Maltreatment Precocious Transitions
• Source:
  J Res Adolesc. 24(2):252-267
• Pubmed ID:
  24883000
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4036077
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 CE001572/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DA020195/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DA020344/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R24 HD041041/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0b079481496fafd086021f6a651d27814a04e90d8203f1e1d512b860e3a89270
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41959/cdc_41959_DS1.pdf
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