Sports Participation and Juvenile Delinquency: The Role of the Peer Context Among Adolescent Boys and Girls With Varied Histories of Problem Behavior

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-353

  Gardner, Margo ^a   Roth, Jodie ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; delinquency; extracurricular activities; peers; sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHICAGO; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; SPORTS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 63149167489     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014063     Document Type: Article

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