@article{ref1,
title="Different slopes for different folks: genetic influences on growth in delinquent peer association and delinquency during adolescence",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2015",
author="Connolly, Eric J. and Schwartz, Joseph A. and Nedelec, Joseph L. and Beaver, Kevin M. and Barnes, J. C.",
volume="44",
number="7",
pages="1413-1427",
abstract="An extensive line of research has identified delinquent peer association as a salient environmental risk factor for delinquency, especially during adolescence. While previous research has found moderate-to-strong associations between exposure to delinquent peers and a variety of delinquent behaviors, comparatively less scholarship has focused on the genetic architecture of this association over the course of adolescence. Using a subsample of kinship pairs (N = 2379; 52 % female) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child and Young Adult Supplement (CNLSY), the present study examined the extent to which correlated individual differences in starting levels and developmental growth in delinquent peer pressure and self-reported delinquency were explained by additive genetic and environmental influences. <br><br>RESULTS from a series of biometric growth models revealed that 37 % of the variance in correlated growth between delinquent peer pressure and self-reported delinquency was explained by additive genetic effects, while nonshared environmental effects accounted for the remaining 63 % of the variance. Implications of these findings for interpreting the nexus between peer effects and adolescent delinquency are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-015-0299-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0299-8"
}