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Peer Network Dynamics and the Amplification of Antisocial to Violent Behavior among Young Adolescents in Public Middle Schools
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Kornienko, Olga; Dishion, Thomas J.; Ha, Thao – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2018
This study examined longitudinal changes in peer network selection and influence associated with self-reported antisocial behavior (AB) and violent behavior (VB) over the course of middle school in a sample of ethnically diverse adolescents. Youth and families were randomly assigned to a school-based intervention focused on the prevention of…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Peer Groups, Correlation, Peer Influence
Examination of Negative Peer Contagion in a Residential Care Setting
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Huefner, Jonathan C.; Ringle, Jay L. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
There has been ongoing concern about the negative impact of residential treatment on youth in care. Research examining the impact of negative peer influence in juvenile justice, education, and residential care settings is reviewed. A study was conducted to examine the impact of negative peer contagion on the level of problem behavior in a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Behavior Disorders, Residential Programs, Residential Care
Relationships of Aggression Subtypes and Peer Status among Aggressive Boys in General Education and Emotional/Behavioral Disorder (EBD) Classrooms
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Useche, Ana Carolina; Sullivan, Amanda L.; Merk, Welmoet; Orobio de Castro, Bram – Exceptionality, 2014
This study examines the concurrent and longitudinal relationships between reactive and proactive aggression and children's peer status. Participants were 94 Dutch elementary school-aged boys in self-contained special education classrooms for students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) and 47 boys with no disabilities in general education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aggression, Peer Relationship, Peer Influence
Contextual Risk Factors as Predictors of Disruptive Behavior Disorder Trajectories in Girls: The Moderating Effect of Callous-Unemotional Features
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Kroneman, Leoniek M.; Hipwell, Alison E.; Loeber, Rolf; Koot, Hans M.; Pardini, Dustin A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) features may delineate a severe and persistent form of conduct problems in children with unique developmental origins. Contextual risk factors such as poor parenting, delinquent peers, or neighborhood risk are believed to influence the development of conduct problems primarily in children with…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Females, Child Rearing, Behavior Disorders
Social Identity and Violence among Immigrant Adolescents
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Mesch, Gustavo S.; Turjeman, Hagit; Fishman, Gideon – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
Whereas traditional criminological theories treat juvenile delinquency largely as a reactive and expressive behavior that only seldom leads to specialized criminal offending or a criminal career, this article proposes an alternative classification of offenses that accounts for the difference between youthful reactive conduct and specialized…
Descriptors: Violence, Delinquency, Criminals, Foreign Countries
Antisocial Behaviors Moderate the Deviant Peer Pathway to Substance Use in Children with ADHD
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Marshal, Michael P.; Molina, Brooke S. G. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2006
This study evaluated the interplay of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity, deviant peer group affiliation, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD) as risk factors among 142 adolescents with childhood ADHD. Deviant peer affiliation mediated the relation between childhood ADHD symptoms and 6…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Hyperactivity, Children, Antisocial Behavior