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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from January 1999
Introduction: Some Thoughts About Studying the Influence of Peers on Children and Adolescents.
January 1, 1999... In the collective mind of the popular press, as well as in the minds of adolescents and their parents, it is quite clear that peers are the cause of most negative and antisocial behavior. The stereotypical model is of a "good" teen being...
Influences of Friends and Friendships on Adjustment to Junior High School.
January 1, 1999... To explore influences of friends and friendships on adjustment to junior high school, 101 students were interviewed about their friendships in the spring of sixth grade and again in the fall and spring of seventh grade. Adjustment was judged...
The Peer Influence Paradox: Friendship Quality and Deviancy Training Within Male Adolescent Friendships.
January 1, 1999... This longitudinal analysis of Oregon Youth Study boys tested the hypothesis that primary influence processes in adolescent friendships are social interactional and that the quality of the friendship has little to do with the development of...
Peer Influences on Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Prospective Sibling Analysis.
January 1, 1999... Peer influences are among the most powerful correlates of adolescent problem behavior. Using a sibling sample and hierarchical linear modeling to control for shared influences on behavior, the role was examined of nonshared parent and peer...
Influence of Peers, Parents, and Individual Characteristics on Adolescent Drug Use in Two Cultures.
January 1, 1999... The longitudinal influence of close friends, parents, and individual characteristics on adolescent drug use was assessed for seventh, ninth, and eleventh graders. The proposed structural equation model fit well for three cultures: European...
On Peer Influences to Get Drunk: A Panel Study of Young Adolescents.
January 1, 1999... Two cohorts of students (N = 1,297) were followed annually from sixth through eighth grade to determine: (a) temporal relationships among susceptibility to peer influence to misbehave, perceived exposure to peer drinking, and alcohol...
Peer Networks, Behavior Contingencies, and Children's Engagement in the Classroom.
January 1, 1999... Natural behavior contingencies were examined as a mechanism by which peers can influence children's school motivation in classroom interactions. Sequential observations in a fifth grade classroom identified contingencies that children...
Constraints on Peer Socialization: Let Me Count the Ways.
January 1, 1999... Children spend significant amounts of time with other children and, in so doing, have extensive opportunities to influence one another. The same situation exists for adolescents, suggesting that peer relations contribute substantially to...