Parental Control and Adolescent Delinquency Based on Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Modeling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Parental Control
1.2. Parental Control and Adolescent Delinquency
1.3. The Present Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Mesures
2.2.1. Delinquency
2.2.2. Parental Control
2.2.3. Covariates
2.3. Data Analysis Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Father Behavioral Control | Mother Behavioral Control | Father Psychological Control | Mother Psychological Control | ||||
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Estimate | S.E. | Estimate | S.E. | Estimate | S.E. | Estimate | S.E. | |
Mean | ||||||||
PC intercept | 2.473 *** | 0.012 | 2.899 *** | 0.011 | 2.184 *** | 0.013 | 2.252 *** | 0.013 |
PC slope | −0.024 *** | 0.005 | −0.031 *** | 0.005 | −0.018 ** | 0.008 | −0.018 ** | 0.008 |
DE intercept | 0.501 *** | 0.010 | 0.501 *** | 0.010 | 0.502 *** | 0.01 | 0.502 *** | 0.01 |
DE slope | 0.022 *** | 0.006 | 0.022 *** | 0.006 | 0.022 *** | 0.006 | 0.022 *** | 0.006 |
Growth factor associations | ||||||||
I(PC) ↔I(DE) (Path A) | −0.299 *** | 0.027 | −0.227 *** | 0.027 | 0.115 *** | 0.033 | 0.151 *** | 0.032 |
S(PC) ↔S(DE) (Path B) | −0.432 * | 0.172 | −0.230 * | 0.112 | 0.256 | 0.151 | 0.362 | 0.242 |
I(PC)→S(DE) (Path C) | 0.154 * | 0.062 | 0.100 | 0.059 | −0.120 | 0.067 | −0.061 | 0.061 |
I(DE)→S(PC) (Path D) | 0.151 ** | 0.054 | 0.048 | 0.048 | −0.026 | 0.066 | −0.160 | 0.109 |
Model fit | ||||||||
χ2 | 17.627 | 30.754 | 21.091 | 19.883 | ||||
df | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||
CFI | 0.999 | 0.995 | 0.998 | 0.998 | ||||
TLI | 0.998 | 0.988 | 0.994 | 0.996 | ||||
RMSEA | 0.008 | 0.019 | 0.012 | 0.011 | ||||
SRMR | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.010 | 0.009 |
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Zhu, X.; Shek, D.T.L. Parental Control and Adolescent Delinquency Based on Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Modeling. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8916. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178916
Zhu X, Shek DTL. Parental Control and Adolescent Delinquency Based on Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Modeling. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(17):8916. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178916
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhu, Xiaoqin, and Daniel T. L. Shek. 2021. "Parental Control and Adolescent Delinquency Based on Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Modeling" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 17: 8916. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178916