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Author: Worthen, Meredith G. F.
Resulting in 1 citation.
1. Chapple, Constance L.
Vaske, Jamie
Worthen, Meredith G. F.
Gender Differences in Associations with Deviant Peer Groups: Examining Individual, Interactional, and Compositional Factors
Deviant Behavior 35,5 (May 2014): 394-411.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2014.855098#.Uv0sJhDvDpV
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Discipline; Gender Differences; Neighborhood Effects; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Punishment, Corporal; Self-Regulation/Self-Control; Social Contacts/Social Network; Social Influences

Researchers have long known that boys are more likely to have deviant peers than are girls. Yet, little research has tried to explain why boys and girls differ in their decision to associate with deviant peers. With the salience of deviant peers well established as a robust predictor of delinquency, we address the question, are the predictors of association with deviant peers different for boys and girls? In our examination of family and community processes, individual effects, and peer group composition factors, we find that the predictors of association with deviant peers differ by gender. In addition, our findings suggest gender divergences in the causes of both deviant peer association and deviant peer pressure. We discuss the implications of our research for both theoretical development and appropriate model estimation.
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Chapple, Constance L., Jamie Vaske and Meredith G. F. Worthen. "Gender Differences in Associations with Deviant Peer Groups: Examining Individual, Interactional, and Compositional Factors." Deviant Behavior 35,5 (May 2014): 394-411.