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Direct linkKnecht, Andrea; Snijders, Tom A. B.; Baerveldt, Chris; Steglich, Christian E. G.; Raub, Werner – Social Development, 2010
Positive association of relevant characteristics is a widespread pattern among adolescent friends. A positive association may be caused by the selection of similar others as friends and by the deselection of dissimilar ones, but also by influence processes where friends adjust their behavior to each other. Social control theory argues that…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Social Control, Friendship, Adolescents
Selfhout, Maarten H. W.; Branje, Susan J. T.; Meeus, Wim H. J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
The present study examines both the unique and the combined role of best friends' delinquency and perceived friendship quality in the development of adolescent delinquency. Questionnaire data were gathered from 435 Dutch adolescent best friends (mean age at first wave = 12.97) over a period of 5 years with annual assessments. Results showed that…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Social Control, Friendship, Adolescents
