Friendship and Delinquency: Selection and Influence Processes in Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Knecht, Andrea; Snijders, Tom A. B.; Baerveldt, Chris; Steglich, Christian E. G.; Raub, Werner
Titel	Friendship and Delinquency: Selection and Influence Processes in Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Social Development, 19 (2010) 3, S.494-514 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00564.x
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Social Control; Friendship; Adolescents; Social Influences; Classrooms; Correlation; Social Theories; Social Networks; Student Behavior; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Peer Relationship; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Soziale Kontrolle; Freundschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sozialer Einfluss; Classroom; Klassenraum; Korrelation; Gesellschaftstheorie; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Peer-Beziehungen; Niederlande
Abstract	Positive association of relevant characteristics is a widespread pattern among adolescent friends. A positive association may be caused by the selection of similar others as friends and by the deselection of dissimilar ones, but also by influence processes where friends adjust their behavior to each other. Social control theory argues that adolescents select each other as friends based on delinquency. Differential association theory, on the other hand, argues that adolescent friends influence each other's delinquency levels. We employ new statistical methods for assessing the empirical evidence for either process while controlling for the other process. These methods are based on "actor-oriented" stochastic simulation models. We analyze longitudinal data on friendship networks and delinquent behavior collected in four waves of 544 students in 21 first-grade classrooms of Dutch secondary schools. Results indicate that adolescents select others as friends who have a similar level of delinquency compared with their own level. Estimates of the social influence parameters are not significant. The results are consistent with social control theory but provide no support for differential association theory. (As Provided).
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