Adolescent Delinquency, Drinking, and Smoking: Does the Gender of Friends Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Sanchagrin, Kenneth; Heimer, Karen; Paik, Anthony
Titel	Adolescent Delinquency, Drinking, and Smoking: Does the Gender of Friends Matter?
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 49 (2017) 6, S.805-826 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X14563050
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Drinking; Smoking; Delinquency; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Peer Influence; Social Networks; Friendship; Gender Differences; Individual Characteristics; National Surveys; Longitudinal Studies; Secondary School Students; Statistical Analysis; Social Control; Substance Abuse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Trinken; Rauchen; Kriminalität; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Freundschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sekundarschüler; Statistische Analyse; Soziale Kontrolle; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum
Abstract	Youths who have deviant and delinquent friends are more likely to engage in delinquency. Interestingly, most quantitative studies of the association between deviant peers and deviant behavior have assumed that all peer connections have similar effects. Yet, it is possible that peer influence may vary depending on the characteristics of peers. Using social network data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health, this study examines the impact of same-sex and cross-sex friendships on deviance and delinquency in adolescent networks. The findings demonstrate that peer association is a significant predictor of delinquency for males, although its effects depend on the gender of boys' friends. For females, by contrast, the link between associating with deviant peers and behavior is minimal once the stable characteristics of individuals are taken into account. Rather, social bonds are the most important predictors of delinquency. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01