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Peer Network Dynamics and the Amplification of Antisocial to Violent Behavior among Young Adolescents in Public Middle Schools
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Kornienko, Olga; Dishion, Thomas J.; Ha, Thao – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2018
This study examined longitudinal changes in peer network selection and influence associated with self-reported antisocial behavior (AB) and violent behavior (VB) over the course of middle school in a sample of ethnically diverse adolescents. Youth and families were randomly assigned to a school-based intervention focused on the prevention of…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Peer Groups, Correlation, Peer Influence
An Ecological Analysis of the Effects of Deviant Peer Clustering on Sexual Promiscuity, Problem Behavior, and Childbearing from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: An Enhancement of the Life History Framework
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Dishion, Thomas J.; Ha, Thao; Veronneau, Marie-Helene – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The authors propose that peer relationships should be included in a life history perspective on adolescent problem behavior. Longitudinal analyses were used to examine deviant peer clustering as the mediating link between attenuated family ties, peer marginalization, and social disadvantage in early adolescence and sexual promiscuity in middle…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Adolescents, Early Adolescents, Biographies