TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Stability and Variability of Adolescents' Affiliation with Delinquent Friends: Predictors and Consequences
JO  - Social Development
A1  - Brendgen, Mara R.
A1  - Vitaro, Frank
A1  - Bukowski, William M.
SP  - 205
EP  - 225
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - The effects of stability versus change in adolescents' affiliation with delinquent or nondelinquent friends over a two-year period (T1-T2) on delinquent behavior one year later (T3) were examined. In addition, T1 predictors of stability and change in the affiliation with delinquent or nondelinquent friends from T1 to T2 were assessed. Participants were 152 adolescents (77 girls, mean age 12.1 years at T1). Friends' delinquent behavior was assessed through friends' self-reports. The T1 predictor variables included adolescents' own delinquent behavior, attitude toward delinquent behavior, and parental monitoring. Adolescents' friendship affiliations at T2, but not at T1, predicted delinquent behavior at T3, suggesting a recency effect of friendship affiliation. Attitude toward delinquent behavior at T1 was the main predictor of stability versus change in adolescents' affiliation with delinquent or nondelinquent friends from T1 to T2. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Social Development, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Blackwell Publishers)  Peer Delinquency Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Offender Delinquency Causes Delinquency Risk Factors Peer Risk Factors Peer Relations Peer Influence 02-02<p />
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SN  - 0961-205X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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