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Title: Early Adolescent Delinquency: Assessing the Role of Childhood Problems, Family Environment, and Peer Pressure
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Sullivan, Christopher J. |
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Early Adolescent Delinquency: Assessing the Role of Childhood Problems, Family Environment, and Peer Pressure Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 4,4 (October 2006): 291-313. Also: http://yvj.sagepub.com/content/4/4/291.abstract Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parental Influences; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Substance Use; Variables, Independent - Covariate Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Research has demonstrated a relationship between various types of emotional and behavioral problems and delinquency. Still, some aspects of this relationship are not as clear, particularly as pertains to emotional and behavioral problems and delinquent behavior across a broader range of time in the context of other key risk and protective factors. A three-pronged analytic approach examined the effects and function of key covariates on delinquent behavior in early adolescence. Childhood emotional and behavioral problems had a consistent, albeit modest, effect on delinquent behavior in early adolescence. Peer influence was found to be the strongest predictor of delinquent behavior, but family environment demonstrated a protective effect nonetheless. Implications for future research, theoretical elaboration, and policy initiatives are discussed. |
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Sullivan, Christopher J. "Early Adolescent Delinquency: Assessing the Role of Childhood Problems, Family Environment, and Peer Pressure." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 4,4 (October 2006): 291-313.
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