Parental Monitoring and the Prevention of Child and Adolescent Problem Behavior: A Conceptual and Empirical Formulation
- T. Dishion, R. McMahon
- PsychologyClinical Child and Family Psychology Review
- 1998
The present report provides an empirical rationale for placing parental monitoring of children's adaptations as a key construct in development and prevention research and provides an integrative framework for various research traditions as well as developmental periods of interest.
The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: implications for science, policy, and practice.
- B. Ellis, M. Del Giudice, D. Wilson
- PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology
- 1 May 2012
The evolutionary model contends that understanding the evolutionary functions of adolescence is critical to explaining why adolescents engage in risky behavior and that successful intervention depends on working with, instead of against, adolescent goals and motivations.
When interventions harm. Peer groups and problem behavior.
- T. Dishion, J. Mccord, F. Poulin
- PsychologyAmerican Psychologist
- 1 September 1999
Development and intervention evidence relevant to iatrogenic effects in peer-group interventions are explored and it is proposed that peer aggregation during early adolescence, under some circumstances, inadvertently reinforces problem behavior.
Peer contagion in child and adolescent social and emotional development.
- T. Dishion, J. Tipsord
- PsychologyAnnual Review of Psychology
- 2011
It appears that a history of peer rejection is a vulnerability factor for influence by peers, and adult monitoring, supervision, positive parenting, structure, and self-regulation serve as protective factors.
Family and peer predictors of substance use from early adolescence to early adulthood: an 11-year prospective analysis.
- Mark J. Van Ryzin, G. Fosco, T. Dishion
- PsychologyAddictive Behaviours
- 1 December 2012
Early predictors of male delinquency: a review.
- R. Loeber, T. Dishion
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 1 July 1983
A systematic review is presented of prediction studies on delinquency. The main aim is to identify etiological variables for delinquency that, in different studies and across different populations,…
Deviancy training in male adolescent friendships
- T. Dishion, Kathleen M. Spracklen, D. Andrews, G. Patterson
- Psychology
- 1 June 1996
The family check-up with high-risk indigent families: preventing problem behavior by increasing parents' positive behavior support in early childhood.
- T. Dishion, D. Shaw, Arin M. Connell, F. Gardner, Chelsea M. Weaver, Melvin N Wilson
- PsychologyChild Development
- 1 September 2008
Intervention effects occurred predominantly among families reporting high levels of problem behavior at child age 2, and improvements in positive behavior support mediated improvements in children's early problem behavior.
Family, School, and Behavioral Antecedents to Early Adolescent Involvement with Antisocial Peers.
- T. Dishion, G. Patterson, M. Stoolmiller, M. Skinner
- Psychology
- 1991
This study focuses on the prediction of early adolescent involvement with antisocial peers from boys' experiences in school, family, and behavior at age 10. Two hundred and six boys and their…
The relations among cumulative risk, parenting, and behavior problems during early childhood.
- C. Trentacosta, L. Hyde, D. Shaw, T. Dishion, F. Gardner, Melvin N Wilson
- PsychologyJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and…
- 1 November 2008
Results highlight the importance of cumulative risk during early childhood, and particularly the effect that the level of contextual risk can have on the parenting context during this developmental period.
...
...