Adolescent Social Crowds: Measurement and Relationship to Friendships.

Urberg, Kathryn A.; Degirmencioglu, Serdar M.; Tolson, Jerry M.; Halliday-Scher, Kathy

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Publication Date: 2000

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Adolescent Social Crowds: Measurement and Relationship to Friendships.

Urberg, Kathryn A.; Degirmencioglu, Serdar M.; Tolson, Jerry M.; Halliday-Scher, Kathy

Journal of Adolescent Research, v15 n4 p427-45 Jul 2000

Examined social crowd construct among 489 white seventh-, ninth-, and eleventh-graders. Found that self- and peer-nominated crowds were reasonably congruent and related in the same way to delinquency, substance use, and grade point average. Adolescents were friendliest to their own crowd and had more than expected number of friends from their crowd and crowds similar to their own. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Delinquency, Drinking, Drug Use, Friendship, Grade Point Average, Measurement Techniques, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Smoking

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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