Citation

Low S, Shortt JW. J. Res. Adolesc. 2017; 27(1): 78-87.

Affiliation

Oregon Social Learning Center.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12257

PMID

28498528

Abstract

This study examines the influence of family, peer, and biological contributors to dating involvement among early adolescents (11-14 years of age; n = 244). Further, we assess how parental monitoring may be modified by pubertal maturation and older sibling risky behavior. Data on delinquent peer affiliation, pubertal maturation, parental monitoring, older sibling risky behavior, and dating involvement were gathered through observations and surveys from adolescents, mothers, older siblings, and teachers.

RESULTS indicate that lower levels of parental monitoring and higher levels of older sibling risky behavior were related to adolescents' dating involvement through delinquent peer affiliation. Pubertal maturation was directly related to dating involvement for early daters.

FINDINGS emphasize the value of examining social and biological factors, in concert, over time.

© 2016 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Language: en