Family Correlates of Delinquency: Cohesion And Adaptability

The Circumplex Model of family functioning, which includes measures of cohesion and adaptability, was used with a community-based sample of youth (N = 480) to test its usefulness for explaining delinquent behavior. Results from the research indicate that the Circumplex Model is inadequate for explai...

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Authors: Clark, Richard D. (Author) ; Shields, Glenn (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1995
In:Year: 1995
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:The Circumplex Model of family functioning, which includes measures of cohesion and adaptability, was used with a community-based sample of youth (N = 480) to test its usefulness for explaining delinquent behavior. Results from the research indicate that the Circumplex Model is inadequate for explaining delinquency. It was concluded that the two major components of the model, cohesion and adaptability, do not operate in the curvilinear fashion as hypothesized. Rather, the results suggest the both factors are linear in their relationship with delinquency