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Can Parental Monitoring and Peer Management Reduce the Selection or Influence of Delinquent Peers? Testing the Question Using a Dynamic Social Network Approach
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Tilton-Weaver, Lauree C.; Burk, William J.; Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Håkan – Developmental Psychology, 2013
We tested whether parents can reduce affiliation with delinquent peers through 3 forms of peer management: soliciting information, monitoring rules, and communicating disapproval of peers. We examined whether peer management interrupted 2 peer processes: selection and influence of delinquent peers. Adolescents' feelings of being overcontrolled by…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Influence, Delinquency
Aggressive versus Nonaggressive Antisocial Behavior: Distinctive Etiological Moderation by Age
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Burt, S. Alexandra; Neiderhiser, Jenae M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Research has supported the existence of distinct behavioral patterns, demographic correlates, and etiologic mechanisms for aggressive (AGG) versus nonaggressive but delinquent (DEL) antisocial behavior. Though behavioral genetic studies have the potential to further crystallize these dimensions, inconsistent results have limited their…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Genetics, Environmental Influences
Multisystemic Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Effects on Adolescent Behavior and Family Interaction.
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Henggeler, Scott W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Evaluates the efficacy of a multisystemic approach to treatment of juvenile offenders and their families. One group of delinquent adolescents received family-ecological treatment, another group of delinquent adolescents received an alternative treatment, and normal adolescents served as developmental controls. Findings support a multisystemic…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns
Modeled Standards of Self-Reward and Observer Performance
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Kunce, Joseph T.; Thelen, Mark H. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Observed liberal-stringent model behavior significantly affected both the subject's subsequent self-reward behavior and performance. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Imitation, Males
Temperamental and Familial Predictors of Violent and Nonviolent Criminal Convictions: Age 3 to Age 18.
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Henry, Bill; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined the relations between family characteristics, childhood temperament, and convictions for violent and nonviolent offenses at age 18. Found that family factors were associated with both violent and nonviolent offenses, whereas childhood temperament was associated primarily with convictions for violent offenses. Results suggest potentially…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons
Better Autonomic Conditioning and Faster Electrodermal Half-Recovery Time at Age 15 Years as Possible Protective Factors Against Crime at Age 29 Years.
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Raine, Adrian; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Contrasted characteristics of antisocial adolescents who desist from crime in adulthood with characteristics of those who became adult criminals. Proposed that psychophysiological differences between the two groups could reveal procedures to protect vulnerable individuals against crime. Findings suggest that better conditioning and enhanced…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons