The Impact of After-School Peer Contact on Early Adolescent Externalizing Problems Is Moderated by Parental Monitoring, Perceived Neighborhood Safety, and Prior Adjustment.

Pettit, Gregory S.; Bates, John E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Meece, Darrell W.

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Impact of After-School Peer Contact on Early Adolescent Externalizing Problems Is Moderated by Parental Monitoring, Perceived Neighborhood Safety, and Prior Adjustment.

Pettit, Gregory S.; Bates, John E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Meece, Darrell W.

Child Development, v70 n3 p768-78 May-Jun 1999

Unsupervised after-school peer contact was examined as a risk factor in developing externalizing problems among early adolescents. Longitudinal findings showed that unsupervised peer contact, lack of neighborhood safety, and low monitoring incrementally predicted grade seven externalizing problems, after controlling for family background factors and grade six problems. The greatest risk was for unsupervised adolescents in low-monitoring homes and unsafe neighborhoods. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Early Adolescents, Family Characteristics, Grade 6, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Neighborhoods, Parenting Skills, Peer Relationship, Predictor Variables, Social Adjustment

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