Date of Award

7-2022

Document Type

Dissertation - Campus Access Only

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degree Discipline

Clinical Adolescent Psychology

Abstract

According to multiple critical pieces on early social interaction (Baumrind 1971; Bowlby, 1976; Gray, 1970), attachment figures and how they monitor their children can lead to varying outcomes depending on the quality and consistency of these interactions over time. It was hypothesized early social interactions with authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and neglectful (Baumrind, 1971) parenting can shape adolescent personality characteristics based on Bowlby’s attachment theory in conjunction with Gray’s theory of biopsychosocial personality development. Parent-child relationships can shape adolescents’ behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral activations system (BAS), which can then impact development, behavior, and offending. More specifically, it was hypothesized that lower parental quality (warmth and monitoring) would lead to higher BAS-related symptoms (impulsivity and low resistance to peer influence) over time. This BAS regulation trend would then lead to increased juvenile offending over time. The study included a sample of N = 279 adjudicated male and female adolescents aged 14-17 years old participating in the longitudinal Pathway to Desistance Study. The desired variable changes over nine-time points were analyzed using latent variable growth model analyses. Results and finding implications are discussed.

Keywords: parental warmth, parental monitoring, BIS/BAS, Juvenile Offending, Adolescent Development,

Committee Chair/Advisor

Logan Yelderman

Committee Member

Yuki Shigemoto

Committee Member

Jennifer Rockett

Committee Member

Jennifer Rockett

Committee Member

Valerie Jackson

Publisher

Prairie View A&M University

Rights

© 2021 Prairie View A & M University

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Date of Digitization

11/11/2024

Contributing Institution

John B Coleman Library

City of Publication

Prairie View

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