| The researcher's purpose in this study was to examine the influence of family process variables (i.e., family communication, family conflict, family discipline, and family activities) on youths' level of delinquency. A secondary analysis was done of data from the National Survey of Children, which was a longitudinal study conducted from 1976 to 1987. The present study was focused on data collected in 1981, with a sample of 1,423 children and an 82% response rate.;The study findings indicated that family process variables such as family communication, level of attention the child receives, family discipline, family leisure time, and amount of supervision all had significant roles in predicting juvenile delinquency. Family communication seemed to have the greatest influence, with family discipline also having more of an effect than the other variables. |
