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Peer reviewedFeldman, S. Shirley; Weinberger, Daniel A. – Child Development, 1994
Hypothesized that individual differences in 81 sixth-grade boys' self-restraint would serve as a mediator between family factors in preadolescence and sons' delinquent behavior 4 years later. General family functioning at preadolescence, independent of other scores, predicted boys' level of self-restraint four years later. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Peer reviewedGavidia-Payne, Susana; Stoneman, Zolinda – Child Development, 1997
Used structural equational modeling to examine the combined influence and predictive ability of family characteristics on maternal and paternal involvement in early intervention programs. Found that coping was a significant predictor of maternal and paternal involvement as well as a mediator variable between family functioning and parental…
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
