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Leblanc, Line; Swisher, Raymond; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2008
A longitudinal and multilevel approach is used to examine the relationship between antisocial behavior during adolescence and high school social climate. The data are taken from a longitudinal study of 1,233 boys and girls who attended 217 public and private high schools. Students' disruptive behaviors were assessed yearly from 6 to 12 years of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior
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Veronneau, Marie-Helene; Vitaro, Frank; Pedersen, Sara; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
This 17-year longitudinal study tested whether low peer-perceived acceptance and association with aggressive-disruptive friends during preadolescence predicted students' failure to graduate from secondary school. Participants were 997 Caucasian, French-speaking boys from low-socioeconomic status, urban neighborhoods. The boys were recruited in…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High School Graduates, Longitudinal Studies, Peer Influence