Chunk #9 — Observed Parenting Behavior with Teens: Measurement Invariance and Predictive Validity Across Race — Rewards and Costs in Parenting Behaviors
Rewards for antisocial behavior (antisocial rewards, i.e., parental under-responsiveness to or permissiveness of youth antisocial behavior) is a well-established risk factor for child and adolescent problem behaviors (National Institute of Mental Health, 2001; Patterson, Reid, & Dishion, 1992). A few studies have examined antisocial rewards in relation to child behavior problems in ethnic/racial minority families. Lindahl and Malik (2001) found a positive link between antisocial rewards and problem behaviors across European American and African American parents of school-aged children living in rural areas. Furthermore, there is some research that suggests that race moderates the relationship between antisocial rewards and substance use among adolescents. For example, Catalano and colleagues (1992) suggest that antisocial rewards are more consistently linked to substance use in European American than African American youth. However, no studies of the relationship between antisocial rewards and observed parenting in African American and European American families have been reported.
