The Role of the Family in Asian American Juvenile Delinquency

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anh-Luu Huynh-Hohnbaum
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Twelfth Graders ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nationally Representative

Using the family delinquency theory as a framework, this study explores family characteristics as predictors for delinquent acts against property and persons by AAPI adolescents. The weighted survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health is a nationally representative sample of seventh to twelfth graders. Parental monitoring served as a protective factor for delinquent acts against property. Family structure was a predictive factor for delinquent acts against persons. Overall, the findings partially supported the family delinquency theory, underscoring the importance of developing culturally appropriate theories. Implications for the development of intervention and prevention programs are discussed.

scholarly journals Characteristics and dynamics of the family of talented adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Farias Chagas Ferreira ◽  
Denise de Sousa Fleith
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Family ◽  
Relevant Role

The purpose of this study was to describe family characteristics and dynamics of talented adolescents. Forty-two adolescents between 12 and 18 years old who attended a program for gifted students and their family participated in the data collection. A family characteristics questionnaire and the Parent Success Indicator Inventory, children's and parents' versions were used as instruments. The results indicated that more than half of the families with talented adolescents had a traditional figure: spouses with children born of their own conjugal union. These families prioritized education and the development of their children's talents. The family dynamics involved a wide range of routine and leisure activities, among which stand out those related to the rest, to school, watching television and movies and visiting relatives. Parents evaluated their parental performance in a more positive way when comparing to the adolescents considering all the categories measured by the PSI: communication, use of time, teaching, frustration, satisfaction, and information needs. The results of this study highlight the relevant role of the family regarding talent development.

Canadian portrait of changes in family structure and preschool children’s behavioral outcomes

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 518-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Gosselin ◽  
Elisa Romano ◽  
Tessa Bell ◽  
Lyzon Babchishin ◽  
Isabelle Hudon-ven der Buhs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Family Composition ◽  
Family Transition ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Outcomes Study ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Composition Changes ◽  
A Current

Whereas US-based data have contributed to our understanding of family composition changes over the last decades, data on Canadian families are limited, and previous studies have stressed the need for in depth, longitudinal investigations. This article begins to fill this gap in the literature by providing a current and detailed portrait of family composition changes from 1996 to 2008 (Study 1). Additionally, we performed an analysis of the role of specific child, parent and family characteristics, in interaction with family composition and family transition, in predicting pre-school children’s behavioral outcomes (Study 2). Using nationally-representative Canadian data collected from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), we focus our inquiry on a mean sample for 0–5-year-olds of 2,866 children at cycle 8 (2008). Results show increases in non-traditional family households over time, as well as significant relationships between child characteristics, household characteristics, and family processes in predicting three behavioral outcomes: emotional problems, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and physical aggression.

scholarly journals Loneliness Among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Grandparenthood and Grandparental Childcare by Gender

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110419
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Tineke Fokkema ◽  
Bruno Arpino
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Chinese Older Adults ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
Grandparental Childcare ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the influence of grandparenthood and grandparental childcare on loneliness among Chinese older adults. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 9240 individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we applied logistic regression to examine the relationship between various grandparental statuses and loneliness with a focus on gender. The grandparental role is a protective factor for loneliness. Providing care to grandchildren was associated with a lower likelihood of feeling lonely for both genders. Among grandmothers, the benefit of providing childcare is less when it is occasional. Among grandfathers, the benefit is less when it is regular and intensive. Regarding transitions in grandparental status, gender differences were only observed among those who recently entered the caregiving role. Given the increasing reliance on grandparents for childcare in China, this engagement in active aging is beneficial for older adults in reducing loneliness.

scholarly journals Are Adolescent Religious Attendance/Spirituality Associated with Family Characteristics?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klara Malinakova ◽  
Radek Trnka ◽  
Ludmila Bartuskova ◽  
Petr Glogar ◽  
Natalia Kascakova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Religious Services

The family environment is associated with religiosity and spirituality as well as many aspects of adolescent lives, including their health behaviour. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess family environment associations with adolescent religious attendance (RA), i.e., weekly participation in religious services, and spirituality in a highly secular country. A nationally representative sample (n = 4182, 14.4 ± 1.1 years, 48.6% boys) of Czech adolescents participated in the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children cross-sectional study. RA, spirituality and the family environment, i.e., family communication, perceived emotional support, and parental monitoring, were measured. Higher adolescent RA was associated with lower self-reported easiness of communication with mother (odds ratio (OR) = 0.68; 99% confidence interval (99% CI) = 0.47–0.99; p < 0.01). In contrast, spiritual respondents were more likely to report both easier communication with their father (OR per standard deviation (SD) change = 1.12, 99% CI 1.02–1.23; p < 0.01) and mother (OR per SD change = 1.38 (1.23–1.55); p < 0.001) and higher perceived emotional support (OR per SD change = 1.73 (1.55–1.92); p < 0.001). Parents of respondents who attended religious services at least once a week, as well as parents of spiritual respondents, were generally more likely to monitor adolescent behaviour. Thus, this study provides information for parents, mental health workers, and pastoral carers. Further research should assess the association of a lower easiness of family communication with dissonances in adolescent–parent religiosity/spirituality and with higher parental monitoring.

The challenges in effectively involving rural Black parents of handicapped children

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Blanche E. Glimps
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Black Population ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Black Parents ◽  
Rural America ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
The U.S

Twenty-five percent of the U.S. Black population are now residents of nonmetropolitan regions, yet there has been little focus on contemporary Black educational concerns in rural America. In order to understand the challenges involved in educating rural Black handicapped youth, dynamics between youth and their learning environment must be examined. This article discusses the role of the family, characteristics of rural Black families, and the role of schools.

scholarly journals ADOLESCENTS’ HEALTH BEHAVIOUR ACCORDING TO SPORT AND FAMILY STRUCTURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37
Author(s):  
Karolina Eszter Kovács ◽  
Beáta Erika Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
Optimal Health

   Health awareness plays an important role in our life. It’s important to live an appropriate lifestyle because an adequate way of life helps to conserve the optimal health status and to prevent chronic diseases (Conner, 2005). The role of the family and parents is still significant. Children turn toward their peers but the family stands in the background as a supporting basis (Kovács & Pikó, 2009). However this function cannot be fulfilled with the crisis and disintegration of family structure which can mean a serious stressor, so it can increase the appearance and in serious cases the long-lasting subsistence of harmful health behavior (Bramlett & Blumber, 2007). The aim of the study is to measure the appearance of smoking, getting drunk, and substance use depending on the sport and family structure in three counties on the basis of FASCES 2015. According to the results only pursuing sport does not influence the testing rate but it can be seen as a protective factor. Family structure considered on its own is not a significant influencing factor but the mediating role of social factors are well perceptible in case of smoking, getting drunk, and using weed.

scholarly journals Tobacco Use and Parental Monitoring—Observations from Three Diverse Island Nations—Cook Islands, Curaçao, and East Timor

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7360
Author(s):  
Masood Ali Shaikh ◽  
Zahra Zare ◽  
Kwok W. Ng ◽  
Karen L. Celedonia ◽  
Michael Lowery Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Cook Islands ◽  
Adolescent Tobacco Use ◽  
Monitoring Activities ◽  
Nationally Representative

Tobacco use among adolescents is a global problem of public health importance. This study examined the profile of differences and similarities in adolescent tobacco use, and the role of parental monitoring activities among adolescents in three island nations of varying economic status: Cook Islands, Curaçao, and East Timor. Using nationally representative data we conducted regression modeling to determine the effect of four types of parental monitoring activities on tobacco use. Within a recall period of 30 days prior to being surveyed, 29.7% of students in East Timor, 21.6% in Cook Islands, and 13.1% in Curaçao reported having smoked cigarettes and/or used tobacco in other forms during 1 or more days during the preceding 30 days. Lower rates of parental monitoring as measured by four variables (parental understanding of problems and worries; knowing about how free time was being spent; going over things without approval; and checking to see if homework was done) were associated with higher percentages of adolescent tobacco use. Taken together the results underscore the need for increased parental involvement in programs which are designed to reduce tobacco use among adolescents.

scholarly journals Telling a Family Culture: Storytelling, Family Identity, and Cultural Membership

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dena Huisman
Keyword(s):  
Family Group ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Family Identity ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Family Stories ◽  
Family Culture ◽  
The Family ◽  
Narrative Performance

This study examines the role of public performance of private family identity through family storytelling. Using Narrative Performance Theory (Langellier & Peterson, 2006a), stories told as part of The Library of Congress’s StoryCorps project were analyzed for how families publicly told private family stories to identify themselves as a particular family as well as a culturally appropriate family in the modern United States. Five themes of cultural identity in family stories were identified. The study found that families largely focused on positive stories that portrayed the family as pro-social and happy. Negative stories focused on how the family overcame their adversities as a group. Laughter was used to minimize face-threatening stories. The construction of the group identity was framed in such a way as to connect the family group to a larger culture that values independence, self-reliance, and cohesion as a family group. The study concludes by arguing that more work should be done to understand how public and private communication in families shape our understanding of what it means to be a family.

scholarly journals Dysfunctional family environments and childhood psychopathology: the role of psychiatric comorbidity

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzielle M. Flores ◽  
Giovanni A. Salum ◽  
Gisele G. Manfro
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Externalizing Disorders ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Complex Disorders ◽  
The Family

Introduction: The study of the association between specific characteristics of family environments and different types of psychopathology may contribute to our understanding of these complex disorders and ultimately inform therapeutics.Objective: To compare the family characteristics of four groups: typically developing children; children with anxiety disorders only; children with externalizing disorders only; and children with both anxiety and externalizing disorders.Methods: This study enrolled 115 individuals from the community. Child psychiatrists made psychiatric diagnoses using a structured clinical interview. The Family Environment scale was used to evaluate six domains of family function.Results: The group with both anxiety and externalizing disorders had higher levels of conflict in family environment and lower levels of organization when compared with typically developing children. In addition, internalizing and externalizing symptoms were positively associated with conflict and negatively with organization. Maternal depressive and anxious symptoms were also associated with higher conflict and lower organization scores.Conclusion: An important between-group difference in comorbid cases of anxiety and behavioral disorders suggests that children with this comorbidity are potential candidates for family interventions to address family conflicts and organizational aspects.

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