Do Deviant Peer Associations Mediate the Contributions of Self-Esteem to Problem Behavior During Early Adolescence? A 2-Year Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	DuBois, David L.; Silverthorn, Naida
Titel	Do Deviant Peer Associations Mediate the Contributions of Self-Esteem to Problem Behavior During Early Adolescence? A 2-Year Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33 (2004) 2, S.382-388 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Substance Abuse; Antisocial Behavior; Behavior Problems; Peer Relationship; Self Esteem; Peer Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Peer-Beziehungen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	We investigated deviant peer associations as a mediator of the influences of general and peer-oriented self-esteem on problem behavior using data from a 2-year longitudinal study of 350 young adolescents. Measures of problem behavior included substance use (alcohol use, smoking) and antisocial behavior (fighting, stealing). Using latent growth curve modeling and covariance structure analysis, an extension of a model proposed by DuBois et al. (2002) was evaluated for each type of problem behavior. Findings revealed that lower general self-esteem and greater peer orientation in self-esteem each predicted deviant associations with peers and that deviant peer associations, in turn, were associated with higher levels and rates of change in problem behavior. Deviant peer associations mediated the associations of general and peer-oriented self-esteem with levels and rates of change in problem behavior such that direct paths from self-esteem to problem behavior generally were nonsignificant. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10