This study investigated reciprocal relations between adolescents' physical aggression and their perceptions of peers' deviant behaviors and attitudes. Analyses were conducted on four waves of data from 2,290 adolescents (ages 10-16) from three urban middle schools. Autoregression models revealed reciprocal relations between peer factors (i.e., friends' problem behavior, peer pressure for fighting, friends' support for fighting) and adolescents' reporting of their aggressive behavior. Bidirectional relations were also found between peer pressure for fighting and adolescents' frequency of physical aggression based on teacher ratings. Findings were consistent across sex, grade, and time. Findings suggest that multiple dimensions of peers' beha...
In adolescence, peer influences are important in the development of antisocial behavior. Previous em...
Aggression has been demonstrated to pose a serious threat to the adaptive development of youth, with...
Theoretical models of social competence and aggression among adolescents in the peer milieu within t...
Recent studies of youth aggression have emphasized the role of network-based peer influence processe...
Conduct problems are increasingly prevalent in girls and they uniquely predict negative outcomes. Ye...
Peer aggression is a significant problem among adolescents; it is relatively common and frequently e...
Having friends who engage in problem behavior (i.e., aggression, substance use, delinquency) has con...
Research has demonstrated the importance of friendship for children’s adjustment (e.g., Ladd, 1990)....
Although there is empirical evidence supporting associations between exposure to violence and engagi...
Since 1996 there have been 17 reported cases of violence in U.S. schools by children ranging in age ...
This prospective, longitudinal study examined peer rejection and aggression in childhood as predicto...
The current study utilized quantitative and qualitative methods to build upon social cognitive resea...
ObjectiveFamily violence and peer deviance have shown to be related to bullying perpetration. Althou...
Concurrent (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) associations between adolescents’ aggression, victim...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations among accuracy of social self-percepti...
In adolescence, peer influences are important in the development of antisocial behavior. Previous em...
Aggression has been demonstrated to pose a serious threat to the adaptive development of youth, with...
Theoretical models of social competence and aggression among adolescents in the peer milieu within t...
Recent studies of youth aggression have emphasized the role of network-based peer influence processe...
Conduct problems are increasingly prevalent in girls and they uniquely predict negative outcomes. Ye...
Peer aggression is a significant problem among adolescents; it is relatively common and frequently e...
Having friends who engage in problem behavior (i.e., aggression, substance use, delinquency) has con...
Research has demonstrated the importance of friendship for children’s adjustment (e.g., Ladd, 1990)....
Although there is empirical evidence supporting associations between exposure to violence and engagi...
Since 1996 there have been 17 reported cases of violence in U.S. schools by children ranging in age ...
This prospective, longitudinal study examined peer rejection and aggression in childhood as predicto...
The current study utilized quantitative and qualitative methods to build upon social cognitive resea...
ObjectiveFamily violence and peer deviance have shown to be related to bullying perpetration. Althou...
Concurrent (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) associations between adolescents’ aggression, victim...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations among accuracy of social self-percepti...
In adolescence, peer influences are important in the development of antisocial behavior. Previous em...
Aggression has been demonstrated to pose a serious threat to the adaptive development of youth, with...
Theoretical models of social competence and aggression among adolescents in the peer milieu within t...