The effects of gender, age, and parental attachment on delinquency: A test for interactions
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sociological Spectrum
- Vol. 10 (2) , 209-225
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.1990.9981922
Abstract
A recent interest in juvenile delinquency is the effect of parental attachment on delinquency for males and females. This study contributes to this research by demonstrating that the effect of gender on the relationship between parental attachment and delinquency depends on age. The inverse effect of virtual supervision on delinquency is significantly greater for males at age 15 than at age 11, and significantly greater for males than for females at age 15. The inverse effect of intimacy of communication on delinquency is significantly greater for males at age 11 than at age 18, and significantly greater for females than for males at age 18. The implications of these results for Hirschi's theory and future research comparing male and female delinquency are discussed.Keywords
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