Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
4-25-2020
Year of Publication
2019
Degree Name
Master of Science in Family Sciences (MSFS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Family Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to examine and compare the quality of the mother-adolescent relationship, the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying perpetration and victimization, and the prevalence of externalizing behaviors, as well as the relationship among these constructs, in a clinical and a nonclinical sample of adolescents. It tested a series of hypotheses focused on group differences in the mother-adolescent relationship, peer victimization, and externalizing behaviors (i.e. deviant behaviors and bullying perpetration) for the clinical and nonclinical samples. It also tested the relationships between the mother-adolescent relationship and peer victimization, deviant behaviors, and bullying perpetration, and whether these links varied in the clinical versus non-clinical samples. Multiple regressions were used to test the first three hypotheses, while path analyses were used to test the latter hypotheses. Findings provide evidence that adolescents in the clinical group reported significantly closer relationships with their mothers and lower levels of externalizing behaviors; no differences were found in the likelihood of experiencing peer victimization. Maternal support was a negative predictor of peer victimization, and maternal support and monitoring were negative predictors of deviant behaviors and bullying perpetration. These links were invariant across clinical versus non-clinical samples.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.078
Recommended Citation
Hayes, Kristina M., "MATERNAL RELATIONSHIPS, BULLYING, AND DEVIANCE: A COMPARISON OF ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT MEDICAL CONDITIONS" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences. 69.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/69
