Perceived Best Friend Delinquency Moderates the Link between Contextual Risk Factors and Juvenile Delinquency

Autor/inn/en	Fite, Paula; Preddy, Teresa; Vitulano, Michael; Elkins, Sara; Grassetti, Stevie; Wimsatt, Amber
Titel	Perceived Best Friend Delinquency Moderates the Link between Contextual Risk Factors and Juvenile Delinquency
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 40 (2012) 6, S.747-761 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.21495
Schlagwörter	Risk; Stress Variables; Delinquency; Correlation; Friendship; Peer Influence; Neighborhoods; Community Characteristics; Context Effect; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Kriminalität; Korrelation; Freundschaft; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The current study evaluated the effects of contextual risk factors (i.e., negative life events and neighborhood problems) and perceived best friend delinquency on child self-reported delinquency. More specifically, the present study extended the literature by evaluating whether best friend delinquency moderated the effects of contextual risk factors on self-reported delinquency in a community-recruited sample of 147 school-aged children (mean age = 8.22 years, standard deviation = 1.99; 54% male). Indeed, perceived best friend delinquency moderated these associations; however, the effect of best friend delinquency depended on the contextual risk factor. Findings and their implications are discussed. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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