Sentences with phrase «friend deviance»

At ages 14 and 16, friend deviance and externalizing behavior were assessed through self - report.

This study investigated the interactive effects of friend deviance and reward dominance on the development of externalizing behavior of adolescents in the Child Development Project.

As expected, based on motivational balance and response modulation theories, path analysis revealed that age 14 friend deviance predicted age 16 externalizing behavior controlling for age 14 externalizing behavior.

Not exact matches

The current study examined the relations between observed normativity and deviance during adolescents» and young adults» conversations about sex with their friends and their individual perceptions of sexual peer norms.

To assess the amounts of normativity and deviance during youths» interactions with their friends while discussing sexuality - related topics, the content of the videotaped observations was transcribed verbatim and then coded.

Regarding the dyadic nature of the observed peer interactions, we expected that youths» own normativity and deviance (actor effects) as well as their friend's normativity and deviance (partner effects) during the observed peer interactions would be related to their individual perceptions of sexual peer norms (H2).

As such, we were able to assess gender differences in the levels of normativity and deviance during sexual communication with friends, in the perceptions of sexual peer norms, and in the relation between these two (i.e., in the APIM models).

Unexpectedly, observed normativity and deviance during sexual communication with friends were overall not significantly related to youths» experienced peer pressure to have sex.

First, the results of the APIM (Olsen & Kenny, 2006) analyses showed that the amounts of normativity and deviance during sexual communication with friends were indeed related to perceived descriptive, injunctive, and risky sexual peer norms.

Second, APIM results revealed that perceptions of descriptive and injunctive norms were both related to the amounts of adolescents» and young adults» own normativity and deviance (actor effects), as well as to their friends» normativity and deviance (partner effects) during the observed peer interactions.

Overall, more deviance was related to perceiving friends to be more sexually active, more approving of having sex, and engaging in more risky sex, whereas more normativity was related to these perceptions in the opposite direction.

Notwithstanding these limitations, the findings of the current study contribute to the theoretical understanding of how relations with peers may affect youths» behaviors, by demonstrating that the way in which adolescents and young adults talk about sexuality - related topics with their friends (i.e., the amounts of normativity and deviance) relates to their individual perceptions of peer norms regarding sexual behavior, which, in turn, have been found to be related to adolescents» actual sexual behavior (van de Bongardt et al., 2015).