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The contribution of parents and siblings to antisocial and depressive behavior in adolescents: A double jeopardy coercion model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2003

KRISTI COMPTON
Affiliation:
Wichita State University
JAMES SNYDER
Affiliation:
Wichita State University
LYNN SCHREPFERMAN
Affiliation:
Wichita State University
LEW BANK
Affiliation:
Oregon Social Learning Center
JOANN WU SHORTT
Affiliation:
Oregon Social Learning Center

Extract

A dual coercion model of family processes associated with the development of antisocial and depressive behavior during adolescence was assessed, using an at-risk sample of families and children. Consistent with the model, involvement in family coercion during childhood and adolescence increased both boys' and girls' risk for antisocial behavior in adolescence and girls' risk for depressive behavior. Coercive family processes served as a link between older and younger siblings' antisocial behavior. Childhood exposure to maternal depression predicted boys' and girls' depressive behavior 10 years later, but this association was not mediated by coercion. The data suggest that family risk factors and processes for antisocial development are similar for boys and girls but pathways to depression may be gender specific.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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