TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Deviant peer affiliation, self-control, and aggression during early adolescence: within-person effects and between-person differences
JO  - European child and adolescent psychiatry
A1  - Scott Huebner, E.
A1  - Li, Yuxi
A1  - Tian, Lili
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Abundant studies have explored the relations among deviant peer affiliation, self-control, and aggression without separating within-person from between-person effects. Moreover, it is unclear whether self-control mediates the associations between deviant peer affiliation and aggression during early adolescence. This longitudinal study used Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model to examine the dynamic relations among deviant peer affiliation, self-control, and aggression within individuals, including examining whether self-control mediated the relations between deviant peer affiliation and aggression. A total of 4078 early adolescents (54% boys, M(age) = 9.91, SD = 0.73) completed questionnaires on four occasions across 2 years. <br><br>RESULTS indicated: (a) Deviant peer affiliation and aggression positively predicted each other; (b) Self-control and aggression negatively predicted each other but were unstable; (c) Deviant peer affiliation and self-control negatively predicted each other; and (d) Self-control mediated the path from aggression to deviant peer affiliation, but not vice versa. The results more precisely identify the relations among deviant peer affiliation, self-control, and aggression within individuals, providing valuable information for prevention and intervention programs targeted at alleviating early adolescent aggression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1018-8827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02336-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -