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Pascal R. Deboeck; G. John Geldhof; Dian Yu – Review of Research in Education, 2023
Children develop and learn within dynamic contexts, yet the simplifying assumptions of common statistical methods often relegate such complexity to unexplained error. This chapter discusses ideas from the dynamic systems literature, which focuses on the interplay within and between components of complex systems, such as individuals and their…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Systems Approach, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Meldrum, Ryan C.; Young, Jacob T. N.; Weerman, Frank M. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2009
Prior research examining the effect of self-control and delinquent peers on crime suggests that both variables are strong correlates and that controlling for one fails to eliminate the effects of the other. Yet prior research was based on indirect and possibly biased indicators of peer delinquency. Recent research using direct measures of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Peer Relationship, Self Control, Peer Influence