Paternal Incarceration and Adolescent Delinquency: Role of Father Engagement and Early Child Behavior Problems.

ABSTRACT: Paternal incarceration is an important predictor of teen delinquency, but the factors that may explain this relationship-such as early child problem behaviors and level of father engagement-have not been adequately explored. The current longitudinal study examined paternal history of incarceration as a predictor of teen self-reported delinquency over a 15-year gap, considering early child problem behaviors and father engagement as mediators. Sex differences in these relationships were also evaluated. This four-wave longitudinal study included an analytic sample of 4897 teens who participated in the birth-cohort Future of Families and Child Well-Being Study. Mothers and fathers were interviewed shortly after the focal child's birth and were then reassessed in follow-up interviews at child a

SUBMITTER: Anderson AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11652568 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature