@article{ref1,
title="Perceived best friend delinquency moderates the link between contextual risk factors and juvenile delinquency: moderating effects of best friend delinquency",
journal="Journal of community psychology",
year="2012",
author="Fite, Paula and Preddy, Teresa and Vitulano, Michael and Elkins, Sara and Grassetti, Stevie and Wimsatt, Amber",
volume="40",
number="6",
pages="747-761",
abstract="The current study evaluated the effects of contextual risk factors (i.e., negative life events and neighborhood problems) and perceived best friend delinquency on child self-reported delinquency. More specifically, the present study extended the literature by evaluating whether best friend delinquency moderated the effects of contextual risk factors on self-reported delinquency in a community-recruited sample of 147 school-aged children (mean age = 8.22 years, standard deviation = 1.99; 54% male). Indeed, perceived best friend delinquency moderated these associations; however, the effect of best friend delinquency depended on the contextual risk factor. <br><br>FINDINGS and their implications are discussed. <br><br>KEYWORDS: Juvenile justice, Juvenile delinquency<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-4392",
doi="10.1002/jcop.21495",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21495"
}