Parent and child antisocial problems: Moderation by emerging adult religiosity and gender
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Parent and child antisocial problems
Many studies have illustrated an association between parental and child antisocial behaviors (Jackson & Beaver, 2015). These results are aligned with Social Learning Theory, suggesting that children who observe aggressive behavior are more likely to display aggressive behavior as well (Bandura, Ross, & Ross, 1961; Garcia, Restubog, Kiewitz, Scott, & Tang, 2014). For example, parents model behaviors within the family such as antisocial behaviors. Additionally, it is in the family environment
Current study
The current study contributes to the literature by examining how antisocial problems of emerging adults are associated with the perceived antisocial problems of their parents as well as their own personal religiosity. Specifically, given the vast amount of literature which suggests religiosity can serve as a mental health buffer (Dean et al., 2010), the current study investigated whether personal religiosity served as a buffer (i.e., moderated) for the relationship between parental and child
Participants
Participants were recruited from a general Psychology Research Pool made up of Introduction to Psychology students who are given class credit in exchange for their participation in various studies via a brief description of the project stating that participants would fill out questionnaires about religiosity and their family.
The sample (N = 435; 295 female, 122 male) consisted of emerging adults aged 18 to 25 years (M = 20.62, SD = 1.76) who were attending a large Southern United States
Results
See Table 1 for descriptive statistics. Table 2 shows correlations for observed variables. The original measurement model with latent emerging adult religiosity as described above and shown in Fig. 1 provided good model fit (SRMR = 0.01, CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.96). All factor loadings exceeded 0.79 (all ps < .001), indicating good convergent validity. Results were controlled for parental religiosity by loading the control variables onto the dependent variable of emerging adult antisocial problems
Discussion
The current study examined the role of emerging adult religiosity in the relationship between parental and child antisocial problems in sons and daughters. Specifically, the current study contributes to previous literature by examining both maternal and paternal variables as well as the role of personal religiosity, and used participant gender as a moderating variable. The following discussion will focus on the key findings of the current study that emerging adult religiosity was associated
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