TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The role of self-control and early adolescents' friendships in the development of externalizing behavior: the SNARE study
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Franken, Aart
A1  - Moffitt, Terrie E.
A1  - Steglich, Christian E. G.
A1  - Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis
A1  - Harakeh, Zeena
A1  - Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.
SP  - 1800
EP  - 1811
VL  - 45
IS  - 9
N2  - This social network study investigated the moderating role of self-control in the association between friendship and the development of externalizing behavior: Antisocial behavior, alcohol use, tobacco use. Previous studies have shown inconsistent findings, and did not control for possible friendship network or selection effects. We tested two complementary hypotheses: (1) That early-adolescents with low self-control develop externalizing behavior regardless of their friends' behavior, or (2) as a result of being influenced by their friends' externalizing behavior to a greater extent. Hypotheses were investigated using data from the SNARE (Social Network Analysis of Risk behavior in Early adolescence) study (N = 1144, 50 % boys, M age 12.7, SD = 0.47). We controlled for selection effects and the network structure, using a data-analysis package called SIENA. The main findings indicate that personal low self-control and friends' externalizing behaviors both predict early adolescents' increasing externalizing behaviors, but they do so independently. Therefore, interventions should focus on all early adolescents' with a lower self-control, rather than focus on those adolescents with a lower self-control who also have friends who engage in externalizing behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0287-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -