Tom Leppard

Aug 9, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Laura DeMarco |Tom Leppard |Sadé L. Lindsay

Although familial relationships have long been theorized to impact delinquent behavior (Hirschi, 1969; Hirschi & Gottfredson, 1990), we know less about how adolescent delinquency and arrest change familial relationships. When studying family connections and criminal/delinquent behaviors, criminologists focus on how parental attachment reduces delinquency by establishing strong conventional norms, beliefs, and expectations for adolescents (Hirschi, 1969, 2004).

Feb 27, 2023 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Tom Leppard |Mikaela Dufur |Brigham Young

Keywordsadolescents, sports, mothers, maternal relationshipsAbstractRecent research highlights that relationships with parents are among those strengthened when youth play sports. This recent work, however, largely focuses on fathers, arguing that because of the persistent emphasis on masculinity in sporting spaces, youth sports might be especially effective at facilitating stronger relationships between fathers and children.