Can parental monitoring and peer management reduce the selection or influence of delinquent peers? Testing the question using a dynamic social network approach

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2057-2070

  Tilton Weaver, Lauree C ^a   Burk, William J ^b   Kerr, Margaret ^c   Stattin, Håkan ^c  

^a Örebro University   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Parental monitoring; Peer influence; Peer management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84887553250     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031854     Document Type: Article

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