Author ORCID Identifier

Dexter R. Voisin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-6-2017

Abstract

The following study assessed whether future orientation mediated the effects of peer norms and parental monitoring on delinquency and substance use among 549 African American adolescents. Structural equation modeling computed direct and indirect (meditational) relationships between parental monitoring and peer norms through future orientation. Parental monitoring significantly correlated with lower delinquency through future orientation (B = −.05, standard deviation =.01, p <.01). Future orientation mediated more than quarter (27.70%) of the total effect of parental monitoring on delinquency. Overall findings underscore the importance of strengthening resilience factors for African American youth, especially those who live in low-income communities.

Keywords

adolescence, drinking behavior, health behavior, race, risk reduction, self-efficacy, social network, social support, sociodemographic variables, wellbeing

Publication Title

Journal of Health Psychology

Volume

25

Issue

6

First Page

840

Last Page

852

Rights

© The Author(s) 2017.

Comments

This is a peer reviewed Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Sage in Journal of Health Psychology, available at: 10.1177/1359105317736912

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