This study hypothesized that fathers and surrogates (male role models) contribute
a unique set of factors that help guide African American male youths (N=496) during
their normal developmental stages. This study hypothesized that surrogate caregivers
would have an impact on the overall level of delinquent behavior of this population. A
path analysis tested direct and mediated effects of exposure to violence on delinquent
behavior, with anger/aggression level as a potential mediator for all three levels of
caregiver presence or absence as a moderator.
In the analysis of archival data from 496 African American male youths, the
findings did not support these hypotheses consistently. Exposure to family violence as a
mediator consistently predicted level of anger, and level of anger negatively predicted
delinquent behavior for the fatherless sample. However, exposure did not have a direct positive effect on delinquent behavior in any of the three samples. Implications of these
findings as well as other unpredicted findings with these three groups are explored.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-151 |
| Date | 14 January 2010 |
| Creators | Carter-Haith, James A., Jr. |
| Contributors | Duffy, Michael |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
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