TY - JOUR PY - 2002// TI - Evaluation of a social contextual model of delinquency: a cross-study replication JO - Child development A1 - Scaramella, Laura V. A1 - Conger, Rand D. A1 - Spoth, Richard A1 - Simons, Ronald L. SP - 175 EP - 195 VL - 73 IS - 1 N2 - The present study empirically examined three theoretical approaches designed to predict risk for delinquency during adolescence: an individual difference perspective, a social interactional model, and a social contextual approach. Hypotheses derived from each perspective were tested using two independent samples of early adolescents followed over a 4-year period. Six-hundred sixty-seven children (in sixth grade at Time 1), and their parents comprised the first sample (Project Family); and 451 children (in seventh grade at Time 1), their parents, and a close-aged sibling made up the second sample (Iowa Youth and Families Project). Results from a series of structural equation models suggested that a social contextual approach provided the best fit with the data across both samples and genders. Consistent with the social contextual approach, results indicated that a lack of nurturant and involved parenting indirectly predicted delinquency by increasing children's earlier antisocial behavior and deviant peer relationships; child antisocial behavior also predicted similar decreases in nurturant parenting over time. Both child antisocial behavior and deviant peer affiliations at Time 2 predicted delinquency 1 year later. Implications for theoretical development and future research priorities are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Development, 2002. Copyright © 2002 by the Society for Research in Child Development; Blackwell Publishers, Inc.) Juvenile Delinquency Child Delinquency Child Offender Juvenile Offender Delinquency Prediction Social Interaction Grade 6 Grade 7 Early Adolescence Late Adolescence Junior High School Student Child Antisocial Behavior Child Behavior Behavior Effects Delinquency Risk Factors Juvenile Behavior Juvenile Antisocial Behavior Peer Relations Peer Delinquency Peer Risk Factors Individual Risk Factors 08-02

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