Parenting Style and Delinquency: Exploring Gendered Effects

• In Event: Parenting and Delinquency: International Research

Abstract

We explore the effects of parenting style on childrens’ involvement in delinquency. While this relationship has been examined before, we use national level data to show how the relationship is conditioned by parent and child gender. We use the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) to explore the relationship for each of four parenting styles, controlling for other key items found in the literature.

Authors

• Courtney Clare, University of Texas at San Antonio

• Mike Tapia, University of Texas at San Antonio

• Leanne F. Alarid, University of Texas at El Paso