Protecting High-Risk Youth In High-Risk Contexts: Neighborhoods, Parenting, And Victimization

Keywords

Adolescents; Neighborhoods; Parenting; Victimization

Abstract

Victimization theories suggest parents can serve as guardians to protect adolescents from victimization, yet findings from studies examining the main effects of parenting variables on adolescent victimization are mixed. Prior research suggests that it is the combination of parental warmth and monitoring that produces the best results across a range of other outcomes. The current study used data collected from a sample of serious adolescent offenders as part of the Pathways to Desistance study (N = 888; 16.1% female; mean age = 15.92). Using the first two waves (baseline and 6-month time points) of data, we estimated a series of negative binomial regression models to observe the main and interactive effects of parental warmth and monitoring on adolescent victimization and the potential moderating influence of neighborhood disorder. The results indicate that the combination of warmth and monitoring reduces adolescent victimization, and that parental warmth may be particularly important for protecting adolescents in neighborhoods with moderate-high levels of disorder.

Publication Date

10-1-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volume

47

Issue

10

Number of Pages

2027-2040

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0832-7

Socpus ID

85053836620 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85053836620

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