On the relationship between family structure and antisocial behavior: Parental cohabitation and blended households

Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-70

  Apel, Robert ^a   Kaukinen, Catherine ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Blended households; Cohabiting stepfamilies; Family structure; Intact cohabiting families

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549098619     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00107.x     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Agnew, Robert. 1992. Foundation for a general strain theory of crime and delinquency. Criminology 30 : 47 87.
2. Akers, Ronald L., Marvin D. Krohn, Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, and Marcia Radosevich. 1979. Social learning and deviant behavior: A specific test of a general theory. American Sociological Review 44 : 636 55.
3. Anderson, Amy L. 2002. Individual and contextual influences on delinquency: The role of the single-parent family. Journal of Criminal Justice 30 : 575 87.
4. Bank, Lew, Marion S. Forgatch, Gerald R. Patterson, and Rebecca A. Fetrow. 1993. Parenting practices of single mothers: Mediators of negative contextual factors. Journal of Marriage and the Family 55 : 371 84.
5. Bianchi, Suzanne M. 1999. Feminization and juvenilization of poverty: Trends, relative risks, causes, and consequences. Annual Review of Sociology 25 : 307 33.
6. Brown, Susan L. 2004. Family structure and child well-being: The significance of parental cohabitation. Journal of Marriage and Family 66 : 351 67.
7. Carlson, Marcia J. 2006. Family structure, father involvement, and adolescent behavioral outcomes. Journal of Marriage and Family 68 : 137 54.
8. Cernkovich, Stephen A., and Peggy C. Giordano. 1987. Family relationships and delinquency. Criminology 25 : 295 321.
9. Coughlin, Chris, and Samuel Vuchinich. 1996. Family experience in preadolescence and the development of male delinquency. Journal of Marriage and Family 58 : 491 501.
10. Crowder, Kyle, and Jay Teachman. 2004. Do residential conditions explain the relationship between living arrangements and adolescent behavior? Journal of Marriage and Family 66 : 721 38.
11. Demuth, Stephen, and Susan L. Brown. 2004. Family structure, family processes, and adolescent delinquency: The significance of parental absence versus parental gender. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 41 : 58 81.
12. Dornbusch, Sanford M., J. Merrill Carlsmith, Steven J. Bushwall, Philip L. Ritter, Herbert Leiderman, Albert H. Hastorf, and Ruth T. Gross. 1985. Single parents, extended households, and the control of adolescents. Child Development 56 : 326 41.
13. Dunifon, Rachel, and Lori Kowaleski-Jones. 2002. Who's in the house? Race differences in cohabitation, single parenthood, and child development. Child Development 73 : 1249 64.
14. Flewelling, Robert L., and Karl E. Bauman. 1990. Family structure as a predictor of initial substance use and sexual intercourse in early adolescence. Journal of Marriage and Family 52 : 171 81.
15. Gennetian, Lisa. 2005. One or two parents? Half or step siblings? The effect of family structure on young children's achievement. Journal of Population Economics 18 : 415 36.
16. Gerard, Jean M., and Cheryl Buehler. 2004. Cumulative environmental risk and youth problem behavior. Journal of Marriage and Family 66 : 702 20.
17. Ginther, Donna K., and Robert A. Pollack. 2004. Family structure and children's educational outcomes: Blended families, stylized facts, and descriptive regressions. Demography 41 : 671 96.
18. Gottfredson, Michael R., and Travis Hirschi. 1990. A General Theory of Crime. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press.
19. Haas, Henriette, David P. Farrington, Martin Killias, and Ghazala Sattar. 2004. The impact of different family configurations on delinquency. British Journal of Criminology 44 : 520 32.
20. Hao, Lingxin, and Guihua Xie. 2002. The complexity of endogeneity of family structure in explaining children's misbehavior. Social Science Research 31 : 1 28.
21. Hetherington, E. Mavis, and W. Glenn Clingempeel. 1992. Coping with marital transitions: A family systems perspective. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 57 : 1 242.
22. Hines, Alice M. 1997. Divorce-related transitions, adolescent development, and the role of the parent-child relationship: A review of the literature. Journal of Marriage and Family 59 : 375 88.
23. Hirschi, Travis. 1969. Causes of Delinquency. Berkeley : University of California Press.
24. Hofferth, Sandra, and Kermyt Anderson. 2003. Are all dads equal? Biology versus marriage as a basis for paternal investment. Journal of Marriage and Family 65 : 213 32.
25. Johnson, Richard E. 1986. Family structure and delinquency: General patterns and gender differences. Criminology 24 : 65 84.
26. Juby, Heather, and David P. Farrington. 2001. Disentangling the link between disrupted families and delinquency. British Journal of Criminology 41 : 22 40.
27. Kelly, Joan B., and Robert E. Emery. 2003. Children's adjustment following divorce: Risk and resilience perspectives. Family Relations 52 : 352 62.
28. Kierkus, Christopher A., and Douglas Baer. 2002. A social control explanation of the relationship between family structure and delinquent behaviour. Canadian Journal of Criminology 44 : 425 58.
29. Kitson, Gay C., and Leslie A. Morgan. 1990. The multiple consequences of divorce: A decade review. Journal of Marriage and Family 52 : 913 24.
30. Laub, John H., and Robert J. Sampson. 1988. Unraveling families and delinquency: A reanalysis of the Gluecks' data. Criminology 26 : 355 80.
31. Loeber, Rolf, and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber. 1986. Family factors as correlates and predictors of juvenile conduct problems and delinquency. In Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research, vol. 7, ed. Michael Tonry. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press.
32. Love, Keisha, and Maera Murdock. 2004. Attachment to parents and psychological wellbeing of young adult college students in intact families and stepfamilies. Journal of Family Psychology 4 : 600 8.
33. Lugalia, Terry, and Julia Overturf. 2004. Children and the Households They Live In: 2000. Census 2000 Special Report (CENSR-14). Washington, DC : U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
34. Maccoby, Eleanor E., Christy M. Buchanan, Robert H. Mnookin, and Sanford M. Dornbusch. 1993. Post-divorce roles of mothers and fathers in the lives of their children. Journal of Family Psychology 7 : 24 38.
35. Manning, Wendy D. 2004. Children and the stability of cohabiting couples. Journal of Marriage and Family 66 : 674 89.
36. Manning, Wendy D., and Ronald Bulanda. 2006. Cohabitation and family trajectories. In Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research, eds. Sandra L. Hofferth and Lynne M. Casper. Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.
37. Manning, Wendy D., and Kathleen A. Lamb. 2003. Adolescent wellbeing in cohabiting, married, and single-parent families. Journal of Marriage and Family 65 : 876 93.
38. Manning, Wendy D., Pamela J. Smock, and Debarun Majumdar. 2004. The relative stability of cohabiting and marital unions for children. Population Research and Policy Review 23 : 135 59.
39. Matsueda, Ross L., and Karen Heimer. 1987. Race, family structure, and delinquency: A test of differential association and social control theories. American Sociological Review 52 : 826 40.
40. McCullagh, P., and John A. Nelder. 1989. Generalized Linear Models, 2nd ed. New York : Chapman & Hall.
41. McLanahan, Sara. 1995. The consequences of non-marital childbearing for women, children, and society. In Report to Congress on Out-of-Wed-lock Childbearing. DHHS Publication [PHS] 95-1257. Washington, DC : National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
42. McLanahan, Sara, and Gary Sandefur. 1994. Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Helps, What Hurts. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press.
43. Patterson, Gerald R., and Deborah M. Capaldi. 1991. Antisocial parents: Unskilled and vulnerable. In Family Transitions, eds. Philip A. Cowan and Mavis Hetherington. Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.
44. Patterson, Gerald R., and Thomas J. Dishion. 1985. Contributions of families and peers to delinquency. Criminology 23 : 63 79.
45. Patterson, Gerald R., Patricia Chamberlain, and John Reid. 1982. A comparative evaluation of a parent-training program. Behavior Therapy 13 : 638 50.
46. Peterson, James L., and Nicholas Zill. 1986. Marital disruption, parent-child relationships, and behavior problems in children. Journal of Marriage and Family 48 : 295 307.
47. Rankin, Joseph H. 1983. The family context of delinquency. Social Problems 30 : 466 79.
48. Rankin, Joseph H., and L. Edward Wells. 1990. The effect of parental attachments and direct controls on delinquency. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 27 : 140 65.
49. Rebellon, Cesar. 2002. Reconsidering the broken homes/delinquency relationship and exploring its mediating mechanisms. Criminology 40 : 103 35.
50. Rosen, Lawrence. 1985. Family and delinquency: Structure or function? Criminology 23 : 553 73.
51. Stewart, Susan D. 2005. How the birth of a child affects involvement with stepchildren. Journal of Marriage and Family 67 : 461 73.
52. Sutherland, Edwin H. 1947. Principles of Criminology, 4th ed. Chicago, IL : Lippincott.
53. Thomas, George, Michael P. Farrell, and Grace M. Barnes. 1996. The effects of single-mother families and nonresident fathers on delinquency and substance use in black and white adolescents. Journal of Marriage and Family 58 : 884 94.
54. Thornberry, Terence P., Alan J. Lizotte, Marvin D. Krohn, Margaret Farnworth, and Sung Joon Jang. 1994. Delinquent peers, beliefs, and delinquent behavior: A longitudinal test of interactional theory. Criminology 32 : 47 83.
55. Van Voorhis, Patricia, Francis T. Cullen, Richard A. Mathers, and Connie Chenoweth Garner. 1988. The impact of family structure and quality on delinquency: A comparative assessment of structural and functional factors. Criminology 26 : 235 61.
56. Wells, L. Edward, and Joseph H. Rankin. 1991. Families and delinquency: A meta-analysis of the impact of broken homes. Social Problems 38 : 71 93.