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Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Discrimination Upon Anger, Hostile View of Relationships, and Violence among African American Boys


  Author: Ronald L. Simons, Leslie Gordon Simons, Callie Harbin Burt, Holli Drummund, Eric Stewart, Gene H. Brody, Frederick X. Gibbons, Carolyn Cutrona
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Publication: Journal of Health and Social Behavior vol.47
Document Date:                  December 2006
Category: Family Relations > Conflict
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Peer Relations
Crime And Violence > Youth Crime
Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Involvement
Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Supervision
 

The authors of this paper suggest that violent delinquency resulting from discrimination can be mediated by supportive parenting. They argue that anger and hostility can be alleviated when parents help teens deal with feelings of frustration. The also suggest that reactionary violence is curbed when parents offer other avenues and outlets to deal with anger.

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