dc.contributor.advisor | Duffy, Michael | |
dc.creator | Carter-Haith, James A., Jr. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-01-14T23:54:30Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-01-15T23:58:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-01-14T23:54:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-01-15T23:58:39Z | |
dc.date.created | 2008-12 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-01-14 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-151 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Surrogate Caregiver | en |
dc.subject | Fatherless | en |
dc.subject | fatherloss | en |
dc.subject | delinquent youth | en |
dc.subject | African American Male | en |
dc.subject | family violence | en |
dc.subject | MAYSI-2 | en |
dc.title | The Effects of Surrogate Caregivers on The Relationship Between Fatherless/Fatherloss African American Male Youths and Their Level of Delinquent Behavior | en |
dc.type | Book | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Educational Psychology | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Counseling Psychology | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Willson, Victor | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Brossart, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | LeUnes, Arnold | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Boveland, Pamela | |
dc.type.genre | Electronic Dissertation | en |