The role of economic strain on adolescent delinquency

August 24, 2012  |   Uncategorized   |   Click on title to comment!

Data suggest that familial economic conditions contextualize the relative roles of parenting, sibling, and peer processes in the transmission of risk to adolescent delinquency http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/fam/26/4/576/

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Parent-child conflict and risky behavior

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This research shows that differences in  parent–child conflict among siblings predicted sibling differences in risky behavior over time. This raises a question of whether they both point to the same personality issues, or reveal a possible causality: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/fam/26/4/523/

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Parents’ relationship dynamics and children’s sleep patterns

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This study shows a link between parents’ marital problems and children’s sleep problems: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/fam/26/4/488/

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‘the little things”

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This research shows the importance of little concrete acts that show you care about your partner impact the relationship intimacy: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/fam/26/4/617/

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On marital problems

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New research suggests that when marriages deteriorate it is usually a manifestation of initial differences that are largely evident at the start of the marriage, and not an incremental process that unfolds over time, as prevailing models suggest:   http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/fam/26/4/606/   and children who often see their parents having violent arguments are at risk of […]

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