TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - Social Learning and Deviant Behavior: A Specific Test of a General Theory
JO  - American sociological review
A1  - Akers, Ronald L.
A1  - Krohn, Marvin D.
A1  - Lanza-Kaduce, Lonn
A1  - Radosevich, Marcia
SP  - 635
EP  - 655
VL  - 44
IS  - 4
N2  - A social learning theory of deviant behavior is tested with survey data on adolescent drinking and drug behavior. The theory is strongly supported. The major explanatory variables from that theory, differential association, differential reinforcement, definitions, and imitation combine to account for 68% of the variance in marijuana use (39% of abuse) and 55% of the variance in alcohol use (32% of abuse) by adolescents. The study demonstrates that central learning concepts are amenable to questionnaire measurement, and the findings indicate that social learning theory will do well when tested with other forms of deviant behavior. (abstract Adapted from Source: American Sociological Review, 1979. Copyright © 1979 by the American Sociological Association)  Social Learning Theory Juvenile Substance Use Juvenile Deviance Deviance Causes Substance Use Causes Drug Use Causes Alcohol Use Causes 07-02<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-1224
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -