Parental emotional neglect and left-behind children’s externalizing problem behaviors: The mediating role of deviant peer affiliation and the moderating role of beliefs about adversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 105710
Author(s):  
Banglin Yang ◽  
Cancan Xiong ◽  
Jin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Emotional Neglect ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Externalizing Problem Behaviors ◽  
Externalizing Problem ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Community Violence Exposure and Externalizing Problem Behavior Among Chinese High School Students: The Moderating Role of Parental Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yibo Zhang ◽  
Yuanyuan Chen ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Externalizing Problem Behaviors ◽  
Externalizing Problem

Adolescents' community violence exposure (CVE) has been demonstrated with a range of behavioral and psychological problems, but the processes that explain these correlations are not clear. In our 2017 study, the mediating role of deviant peer affiliation in the relationship between CVE and externalizing problem behaviors has been confirmed. However, the moderating effect of parental factors is still unclear. Therefore, a new group (high school group) was adopted in this study to further explore the moderating effect of parental knowledge based on also confirming the mediating effect of deviant peer affiliation. Stratified-cluster sampling was used to recruit 1,797 volunteers who completed questionnaires on CVE, deviant peer affiliation, parental knowledge, and externalizing problem behaviors. The results of the structural equation modeling were: on the basis of our previous research, we further analyzed the mediating role of deviant peer affiliation, and the mediated association was moderated by parental knowledge. Especially when the school climate is added as a covariate, the moderating effect of parental knowledge has changed, that is, the positive association between CVE and externalizing problem behaviors was much stronger for adolescents who reported lower levels of parental knowledge than for those who reported higher levels of parental knowledge. The results support the assumptions of social learning theory and have implications for interventions of community violence.

The effect of parent–adolescent relationship quality on deviant peer affiliation: The mediating role of self-control and friendship quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 2714-2736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangsong Liu ◽  
Harold Chui ◽  
Man Cheung Chung
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Friendship Quality ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

Previous research demonstrated the association between parent–adolescent relationship quality and deviant peer affiliation, but it is unclear whether this relation is mediated by other psychological and interpersonal variables, whether father– and mother–adolescent relationship quality have different pathways in predicting deviant peer affiliation, and whether gender moderates these associations. A sample of 543 students from grades 10 to 12 (42.7% male; age M = 16.2 years, SD = 1.0) was selected from a Chinese high school in Shenzhen, China. They provided demographic variables and completed self-report measures of father– and mother–adolescent relationship quality, self-control, friendship quality, and deviant peer affiliation. The results showed that lower father–adolescent relationship quality was associated with lower self-control, which in turn was associated with higher deviant peer affiliation. Mother–adolescent relationship quality did not have direct or indirect association with deviant peer affiliation. In addition, male and female adolescents had no significant difference in the associations between father– and mother–adolescent relationship quality, self-control, friendship quality, and deviant peer affiliation. Implications and limitations of these findings were discussed.

Cumulative risk and problem behaviors among Chinese left-behind children: A moderated mediation model

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huijie Lei ◽  
Qinghua Zhang ◽  
Xiying Li ◽  
Hang Yang ◽  
Weiping Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Effortful Control ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Demographic Covariates

The problem behaviors exhibited by left-behind children occur within multiple contexts, and are influenced by cumulative risk, including family, peer, and school characteristics; however, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying the relationship between such problem behaviors and cumulative risk. A total of 1,313 Chinese left-behind children were recruited to complete anonymous questionnaires measuring cumulative risk, deviant peer affiliation, effortful control, and delinquent behavior. After controlling demographic covariates, cumulative risk is positively associated with problem behaviors. Furthermore, deviant peer affiliation was found to partially mediate the association between cumulative risk and problem behaviors. Both the direct association between cumulative risk and delinquent behaviors and the indirect effect of deviant peer affiliation were moderated by effortful control, specifically; the effects were stronger for left-behind children with low levels of effortful control. These results highlight the significance of the cumulative ecological model for understanding and developing intervention programs to reduce left-behind children's problem behaviors.

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