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Direct linkRidenour, Ty A.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Coatsworth, J. Douglas; Gold, Melanie A. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
Problem behavior theory posits that tolerance of deviance is an antecedent to antisocial behavior and substance use. In contrast, cognitive dissonance theory implies that acceptability of a behavior may increase after experiencing the behavior. Using structural equation modeling, this investigation tested whether changes in tolerance of deviance…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Youth Problems, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior
Sun, Rachel C. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This paper examines the relationships among life satisfaction, positive youth development, and problem behaviour. A total of 7,975 Secondary One students (4,169 boys and 3,387 girls; with most aged 12) of Chinese ethnicity recruited from 48 schools responded to validated measures of life satisfaction, positive youth development and problem…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Adolescents
Vazsonyi, Alexander T.; Huang, Li – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The current study tested a set of interrelated theoretical propositions based on self-control theory (M. R. Gottfredson & T. Hirschi 1990). Data were collected on 1,155 children at 4.5 years, at 8.5 years (3rd grade), and at 10.5 years (5th grade) as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal study over a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Child Health, Grade 5, Grade 3
Wijsbroek, Saskia A. M.; Hale, William W., III; Van Doorn, Muriel D.; Raaijmakers, Quinten A. W.; Meeus, Wim H. J. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study examined the association between the adolescents' conflict resolution style "exiting statements" (i.e., the expression of the adolescent' desire to minimize or end the contact with his or her parents) in parent-adolescent conflicts with self-rated adolescent GAD symptoms and delinquency symptoms of 1313 adolescents. A multi-group,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Females, Adolescents, Early Adolescents
de Kemp, Raymond A. T.; Overbeek, Geertjan; de Wied, Minet; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Scholte, Ron H. J. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2007
In this two-wave prospective study, the authors investigated whether level of dispositional affective empathy moderated the association between parental support and antisocial behavior in early adolescents. The sample consisted of 823 Dutch boys and girls (mean age = 12.8 years) enrolled in the first year of secondary education. Higher levels of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents
Hemphill, Sheryl A.; Herrenkohl, Todd I.; LaFazia, Andrea N.; McMorris, Barbara J.; Toumbourou, John W.; Arthur, Michael W.; Catalano, Richard F.; Hawkins, J. David; Bond, Lyndal – Crime & Delinquency, 2007
Some extant theory and empirical research suggests that youth problem behaviors, such as substance abuse and delinquency, reflect a single underlying dimension of behavior, whereas others suggest there are several different dimensions. Few studies have examined potential international differences in the structure of problem behavior, where…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Behavior Problems, Substance Abuse, Delinquency
Richards, Maryse H.; Larson, Reed; Miller, Bobbi Viegas; Luo, Zupei; Sims, Belinda; Parrella, David P.; McCauley, Cathy – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
Contexts of risk for and protection from exposure to violence were identified and the relation of exposure to violence to delinquent behaviors and symptoms of trauma was examined. Using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), the immediate daily experience of risky and protective contexts was examined. One hundred sixty-seven African American 6th-,…
Descriptors: Violence, Check Lists, Structural Equation Models, Urban Areas
