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Title: Informal Peer Networks and School Sentiments as Integrative and Social Control Mechanisms
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D'Amico, Ronald |
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Informal Peer Networks and School Sentiments as Integrative and Social Control Mechanisms Presented: Detroit, MI, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1983 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Behavior; Control; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; High School; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Racial Differences; Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The amount of non-study time which youth spend in high school and their expression of positive sentiments towards their schools are taken to be indicators of degree of involvement in and commitment to educational institutions, respectively. According to social control theory, these variables should be positively associated with a tendency for students to embrace socially accepted modes of behavior. These hypotheses are tested by investigating the effect of non-study school time and school sentiments on youths' educational aspirations and their commission of delinquent acts. Results show mixed support for the hypotheses, with important race and sex differences found. |
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D'Amico, Ronald. "Informal Peer Networks and School Sentiments as Integrative and Social Control Mechanisms." Presented: Detroit, MI, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1983. |