The Role of Parents’ Disapproval of Peers and Monitoring on Immigrant and Native Youth’s Participation in Organized Sports in Sweden: The Mediating Role of Engagement in Delinquent Activities

The aim of the present study was (a) to investigate the effect of perceived parents’ disapproval of peer relations and perceived parental monitoring on youth’s engagement in organized sports activities, (b) to examine whether youth’s engagement in delinquent behaviors mediates the link between parents’ behaviors and youth’s participation in and dropout from organized sports, and (c) to test whether the mediation process is moderated by youth’s immigrant background. Data were collected from immigrant and Swedish adolescents ( N = 687) in seventh grade over two consecutive years. Our main findings revealed that youth who disclose their whereabouts to parents and whose parents practice control are less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors, and, in turn, more likely to engage in organized sports. The findings were similar with respect to sports dropout. Most importantly, these results hold for both immigrant and Swedish youth.

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Immigrant and Swedish adolescents’ involvement in organized sports activities: an expectancy-value approach

BMC Psychology ◽

10.1186/s40359-021-00522-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Darun Jaf ◽

Metin Özdemir ◽

Therése Skoog

Keyword(s):

Immigrant Youth ◽

Sports Participation ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Mediation Process ◽

Expectancy Value ◽

Organized Sports ◽

Related Family ◽

Immigrant Background ◽

The Family ◽

Sports Activities

Abstract Background Drawing on Eccles’ expectancy-value model, we investigated the associations between parents’ sports-related socialization behaviors in the family context, youth’s sports’ values, and youth’s involvement in organized sports activities in the Nordic countries. More specifically, we tested the mediating effect of youth’s sports’ values on the link between socialization of sports in the family setting and youth’s sports participation. Further, we examined whether any associations were moderated by youth’s immigrant background or gender. Methods Immigrant and Nordic adolescents (N = 678), in 7th–8th grade, were followed over two consecutive years and responded to surveys during regular class hours. Results Supporting Eccles’ model, we found that sports-related family co-activities significantly predicted youth’s prospective sports-related behaviors through youth’s sports’ values. The mediation process was robust across both Nordic and immigrant youth and adolescent girls and boys. Further, our results revealed that parents’ role modeling of sports activities was linked to both the amount of time youth currently spend on sports and their continuation in sports through youth’s sports’ values, although these associations were only significant for immigrant youth. Conclusions Our findings offer insights into how participation in organized sports activities can be promoted among both immigrant and Nordic youth and among boys and girls. Most importantly, the findings may have valuable implications for researchers, policymakers and practitioners interested in promoting youth’s involvement in organized sports activities. This especially applies to immigrant youth, given that the literature consistently reports lower sports involvement among immigrant youth than their native counterparts.

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The Effect of Father's Parenting on Peer Relations of Boys with ADHD Symptoms : Mediating Role of Stigmatization

Asian Journal of Education ◽

10.15753/aje.2016.09.17.3.129 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 129-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yeon Joo Song

Keyword(s):

Peer Relations ◽

Adhd Symptoms ◽

Mediating Role

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Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use: The Mediating Role of Escape Motivation and the Moderating Role of Shyness

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17051487 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 1487

Author(s):

Xinchen Fu ◽

Jingxuan Liu ◽

Ru-De Liu ◽

Yi Ding ◽

Jia Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Problematic Mobile Phone Use ◽

Study Results ◽

Moderating Role

In an attempt to reduce the negative consequences of adolescent media use, parents often monitor their children’s online activities. However, research suggests that parental monitoring often does not reduce children’s problematic mobile phone use as expected. Based on the results of a survey of 584 Chinese adolescents, we found that parental monitoring positively predicted children’s problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) within a Chinese cultural context. The results also showed that children’s escape motivation partially mediated this relationship, while their level of shyness moderated both the mediated path and the direct impact of parental monitoring on children’s PMPU. The findings suggested that a higher level of shyness increased the likelihood that parental monitoring would increase the child’s escape motivation and PMPU. The study results provide guidelines for parents and educators regarding interventions for adolescents’ problematic phone use.

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Preschool teachers' social support and intention to stay: A moderated mediation model

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.9772 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Liping Guo ◽

Guoying Gai ◽

Mingming Huang ◽

Anquan Wang ◽

Liheng Yang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Work Engagement ◽

Preschool Teachers ◽

Mediation Process ◽

Intention To Stay ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

We explored the relationship between social support and preschool teachers' intention to stay in their job, as well as the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of resilience. We recruited a sample of 1,693 Chinese preschool teachers to complete a survey on their social support, work engagement, intention to stay, and resilience. Results indicate that the social support of preschool teachers was positively correlated with their intention to stay, work engagement, and resilience. Social support had a positive predictive effect on the intention to stay. Work engagement partially mediated the effects of social support on the intention to stay. Additionally, resilience significantly moderated the effects of work engagement on the intention to stay. Thus, we have affirmed that work engagement significantly mediates the effects of social support on the intention to stay, and that resilience moderates the second half of this mediation process.

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Why Parental Unemployment Matters for Children’s Educational Attainment: Empirical Evidence from The Netherlands

European Sociological Review ◽

10.1093/esr/jcz002 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 394-408 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Irma Mooi-Reci ◽

Bart Bakker ◽

Matthew Curry ◽

Mark Wooden

Keyword(s):

Educational Attainment ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Unemployment Duration ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Parental Unemployment ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Role Of Parents ◽

Changing Attitudes ◽

Dutch Children

Abstract This study examines the effect of parents’ unemployment on their children’s subsequent educational attainment. Its theoretical significance lies on its focus to test the mediating role of parents’ changing work ethics during spells of unemployment. Integrating multiple survey and administrative data sources, our estimates are based on a sample of Dutch children (n = 812) who were exposed to their parents’ unemployment during the previous economic crisis in the early 1980s. Our results reveal a direct negative effect between fathers’ unemployment duration and their children’s educational attainment and also an indirect effect through mothers’ changing attitudes towards work. We also find empirical evidence that mothers’ and fathers’ whose views about work become more pessimistic lead to reduced educational attainment among their children.

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The Role of Parents in Problematic Internet Use among US Adolescents

Media and Communication ◽

10.17645/mac.v4i3.523 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 24-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Amy Bleakley ◽

Morgan Ellithorpe ◽

Daniel Romer

Keyword(s):

Parental Monitoring ◽

Internet Use ◽

Well Being ◽

Parental Mediation ◽

Problematic Internet Use ◽

The Internet ◽

Television Content ◽

Internet Behavior ◽

Role Of Parents

The internet has transformed the way youth communicate, learn, and network, with implications for their broader social, psychological, and physical health and well-being. With the technological capability of accessing the internet from anywhere, at any time, paired with the enormous variety of internet activities in which youth engage—from social networking to chatting to streaming videos to playing games to watching television content—instances of problematic internet behavior have emerged. We conducted an online national survey of 629 US adolescents ages 12–17 years old and a matching survey of one of their parents. We investigated the relationship between problematic internet behavior and parental monitoring, parental mediation of internet use, and parental estimates of their adolescent’s time spent using computers. Analyses showed that problematic internet use was associated with less parental monitoring and parental mediation and poorer parental relationships. Adolescents that spent a lot of time on the computer were also more likely to engage in problematic internet use. Although we cannot determine the direction of the relationships, results support the important role of parents in adolescents’ problematic internet use.

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THE IMPACT OF LOCUS OF CONTROL ON TRAINING TRANSFER WITH MEDIATING ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION

Jinnah Business Review ◽

10.53369/snes3259 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 02 (02) ◽

pp. 52-59

Author(s):

Syed Mehvish Ali ◽

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Locus Of Control ◽

Achievement Motivation ◽

Training Transfer ◽

Vital Role ◽

Mediation Process ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Telecom Sector ◽

The Impact

The core objective of this study is to explore the relationship between locus of control and Training Transfer in the telecom industry of Pakistan. This relationship was studied under the influence of two other variables acting in mediation role i.e. achievement motivation and Job satisfaction. The sample consists of 200 employees from telecom sector. Results indicate significant relationship between locus of control, training transfer and achievement motivation while job satisfaction plays a vital role in the mediation process.

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