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Boman, John H., IV; Krohn, Marvin D.; Gibson, Chris L.; Stogner, John M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
While associations with deviant peers are well understood to impact individual development, less is understood about the relationship between friendship quality and delinquency. Two criminological theories--social control theory and self-control theory--are able to offer an explanation for the latter relationship. Social control and self-control…
Descriptors: Social Control, Friendship, Delinquency, Correlation
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Markiewicz, Dorothy; Lawford, Heather; Doyle, Anna Beth; Haggart, Natalie – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Adolescents and young adults (three age groups: 12-15, 16-19, and 20-28 years) reported their use of parents, and peers to fulfill attachment functions (proximity-seeking, safe haven, and secure base.) The use of each target figure varied with age and attachment function. Mothers were an important source of security across this age range. They…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior