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A Closer Examination of the Empirical Link between Parenting and Children’s Deviance

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2018, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
Over the past decade, the number of female prisoners and the annual rate of female offenders returning to the community have dramatically increased (BJS, 2014). Research indicates that the majority of these women have children (Sawyer, 2018). Thus, as this population of women under correctional and community supervision continues to grow, it is important to understand the impact justice-involved women may have on their children upon release. There is a large body of research on the relationship between maternal employment and children’s cognitive and behavioral outcomes, as well as studies examining the influence of parenting on child outcomes. However, there are no studies to date looking at criminal history as a moderating effect between maternal employment and children’s behaviors. This dissertation attempts to address this critical gap in the literature using a methodologically sound quantitative analysis with theoretically-relevant variables drawn from empirical literature. Results indicate that maternal substance use is significantly associated with children’s antisocial behavior, whether reported by the teacher or self-reported by the child. Additionally, findings reveal that race, ethnicity, and biological father’s criminal history are significantly related to both teacher-reported and child-reported antisocial behavior. The theoretical and policy implications of these findings are explored and conclusions are drawn so that the results could inform future research on this topic.
John Wooldredge, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Wendy A. Goldberg, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sarah Manchak, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Christopher Sullivan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
194 p.

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  • Loth, L. R. (2018). A Closer Examination of the Empirical Link between Parenting and Children’s Deviance [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535724381537562

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Loth, Lydie. A Closer Examination of the Empirical Link between Parenting and Children’s Deviance. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535724381537562.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Loth, Lydie. "A Closer Examination of the Empirical Link between Parenting and Children’s Deviance." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535724381537562

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)