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Permissive parenting indirectly predicts externalizing behavior through deviant peer affiliations for males with lower stress reactivity. These associations reflect stable individual differences rather than changes over time.

Keywords:

Permissive parenting adolescence deviant peer affiliation externalizing behavior sympathetic nervous system reactivity

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
Biosocial Development

Background:

Examined permissive parenting, peer affiliations, and externalizing behavior in adolescents.
Investigated an indirect effects model with deviant peer affiliation as a mediator.
Assessed moderation by sex and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity (skin conductance level reactivity).

Purpose of the Study:

To test an indirect effects model of adolescent development.
To explore how sex and physiological stress reactivity moderate these relationships.
To understand the interplay between parenting, peers, and behavior.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal study of 242 adolescents (ages 15-17) with 1-year assessments.
Latent growth models analyzed permissive parenting, SCL reactivity, sex, deviant peer affiliation, and externalizing behavior.
Examined direct and indirect effects, including conditional effects.

Main Results:

Found indirect effects of permissive parenting on externalizing behavior via deviant peer affiliation.
These indirect effects were significant only for males with lower SCL reactivity.
Effects were observed on latent intercepts (stable differences), not slopes (change over time).

Conclusions:

Findings support biosocial models of adolescent development.
Permissive parenting, peer affiliation, and stress reactivity interact to influence externalizing behavior.
Results may inform interventions for at-risk youth.