The Relation between Parental Constructive Behavior and Adolescent Association with Achievement-Oriented Peers: A Longitudinal Study |
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| Authors: | Zeng-yin Chen |
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| Affiliation: | Is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University. Her research agenda revolves around the effects of family structure and family processes experienced during adolescence on their shortterm and long-term outcomes. She has been investigating the topics of adolescent emotional autonomy, the effect of family structure on deviance and educational attainment, the relationship between parenting and adolescent peer association, and the intergenerational transmission of parenting. |
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There is abundant research about the negative influences of peer groups and other factors contributing to adolescent involvement with deviant peers. This study used three waves of panel data to investigate the relation between parental constructive behavior and adolescent association with achievement-oriented peers. Parental constructive behavior was found to be positively related to adolescents'own achievement orientation a year later, which in turn was positively related to the perceived achievement orientation of friends two years later. However, adolescents'own achievement orientation did not completely mediate the effect of parental constructive behavior on the perceived achievement orientation of friends. Furthermore, after the prior perceived achievement orientation of friends was added into the model, parental constructive behavior still had a direct effect on the perceived achievement orientation of friends over time. Parental constructive behavior contributed to the affiliation with achievement-oriented friends above and beyond the effects of adolescents'own achievement orientation and their prior peer affiliation. |
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