TY - JOUR
T1 - Power-Control as a between- and Within-Family Model
T2 - Reconsidering the Unit of Analysis
AU - Blackwell, Brenda Sims
AU - Reed, Mark D.
N1 - Power-control theory predicts gender differences in delinquency based on the level of patriarchy in the family. Tests yield mixed results, generally supporting some elements of the theory. However, because previous research does not test the theory at the family level, research does not capture within-family, as well as between-family, differences.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - Power-control theory predicts gender differences in delinquency based on the level of patriarchy in the family. Tests yield mixed results, generally supporting some elements of the theory. However, because previous research does not test the theory at the family level, research does not capture within-family, as well as between-family, differences. This study, using the National Youth Survey, yields support for the use of family-level data, over individual-level data, in testing power-control theory.
AB - Power-control theory predicts gender differences in delinquency based on the level of patriarchy in the family. Tests yield mixed results, generally supporting some elements of the theory. However, because previous research does not test the theory at the family level, research does not capture within-family, as well as between-family, differences. This study, using the National Youth Survey, yields support for the use of family-level data, over individual-level data, in testing power-control theory.
KW - Delinquency
KW - Family
KW - Gender
KW - Power-control theory
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0346492580
U2 - 10.1023/A:1024978116489
DO - 10.1023/A:1024978116489
M3 - Article
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 32
SP - 385
EP - 400
JO - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
JF - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
IS - 5
ER -