APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Parent-Child Concordance of Family Contact with the Criminal Legal System: Sociodemographic Correlates and Relations with Children’s Adjustment
- Jasmine Coleman
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Nagham Abouzeid
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Elizabeth Johnson
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Abstract
We examined parent-child concordance of family contact with the criminal legal system, correlates of concordance, and relations with children’s adjustment. Discrepancies existed for parents’ and children’s reporting. Child’s race was differentially associated with concordance. The relation between concordance and children’s adjustment varied by type of contact, concordance group, and outcome.
