Homophily in Delinquent Behavior: The Rise and Fall of Friend Similarity across Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Richmond, Ashley D.; Laursen, Brett; Stattin, Håkan
Titel	Homophily in Delinquent Behavior: The Rise and Fall of Friend Similarity across Adolescence
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43 (2019) 1, S.67-73 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025418767058
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Adolescents; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Foreign Countries; Friendship; Peer Influence; Age Differences; Behavior Problems; Individual Characteristics; Social Influences; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Ausland; Freundschaft; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozialer Einfluss; Schweden
Abstract	This study examined age-related changes in friend similarity on delinquency to determine whether deviant behavior homophily peaks during mid-adolescence. A community sample of 1,663 male and 1,826 female Swedish youth from Grade 5 (M = 11.21 years) to Grade 10 (M = 16.25 years) provided self-reports of delinquency. Friendships were identified from nominations. Intraclass correlations revealed age group differences in friend delinquency similarity, independent of normative age-related changes in deviant behavior. Cross-sectional results indicated that similarity was greatest in the seventh grade (M = 13.21 years). Longitudinal results from a subsample of participants revealed an increase in friend similarity from ages 11 to 13 (Grades 5 to 7) and a decline in friend similarity from ages 14 to 16 (Grades 8 to 10). The findings demonstrate that similarity between friends in delinquent behavior peaks in mid-adolescence, independent of normative age-related changes in participation in deviant acts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01