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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"peer deviance"”.
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The Influence of Parental Monitoring and Peer Deviance on Substance Use Among Middle School Students
… long-term use and abuse. Both parenting and peer variables exert strong influences on children's decisions to use or abstain from substances. As children age, peers begin to exert a stronger influence, but parenting practices can significantly reduce peers' harmful influences. In this study, …
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Parent-child acculturation discrepancy, parental knowledge, peer deviance, and adolescent delinquency in Chinese immigrant families
… relating to child’s contact with deviant peers. Based on the absolute difference in acculturation levels (tested separately for Chinese and American orientations) between adolescents and parents, one parent in each family was assigned to the “more discrepant” group of parent-child dyads, …
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A Multilevel Exploration of Neighborhood Disorder, Family Management and Antisocial Behavior
… of antisocial behavior (exposure to violence and peer deviance), family management and antisocial behavior. In essence, parental efforts in reducing exposure to violence and peer deviance have a protective effect in reducing antisocial behavior, especially in highly disordered neighborhoods. In …
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Bullies, fights and guns: Self-control theory as an explanation for juvenile use of intimidation and violence
… participation in unstructured activities, and peer deviance, increases each form of behavior. In addition, each model provides support for the theoretically based hypothesis that greater self-control decreases opportunity. Therefore, this study provides a great deal of support for self-control …
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Athletic Participation: A Test of Learning and Neutralization Theories.
… deviant behaviors including perceptions of peer deviance, neutralizing indicators, and sports participation.</p><p>The findings suggest some support for each theoretical model, differential association and techniques of neutralization. Both theoretical models were supported, in general, with …
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Expanding the Impact of Peer Networks: Pathways to Turning Points
… highlight the importance of both adolescent peers and prosocial life events in explanations of continuity and change in deviant behavior. Thus far, research has evaluated the pathway to desistance by focusing on what happens to one's trajectory after experiencing prosocial adult activities, …
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Future Orientation as a Mediating Factor in the Relation Between Family Instability and Adolescent Problem Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model
… to problem behaviors in adolescence. Deviant peer association and family routine were predicted to be moderators in the model. The results reveal a significant association between early family instability and adolescent externalizing behavior. This association is significant while controlling …