The Co-development of Friends’ Delinquency with Adolescents’ Delinquency and Short-term Mindsets: The Moderating Role of Co-Offending

AbstractThe companions in crime hypothesis suggests that co-offending moderates the link between peer delinquency and adolescent delinquency. However, this hypothesis has rarely been investigated longitudinally. Hence, this study investigated the co-development of friends’ delinquency and adolescents’ delinquency, as well as the co-development of friends’ delinquency and short-term mindsets (impulsivity and lack of school future orientation). Whether this co-development is stronger when adolescents engage in co-offending was also investigated. Three data waves with two year lags from an ethnically-diverse adolescent sample (at wave 1: N = 1365; 48.6% female; Mage = 13.67; age range = 12.33–15.09 years) in Switzerland were used. The results from parallel process latent growth modeling showed that the co-development between friends’ delinquency and adolescents’ delinquency was stronger when adolescents engaged in co-offending. Thus co-offending likely provides direct access to a setting in which adolescents continue to model the delinquency they learned with their peers.

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Children’s trust and the development of prosocial behavior

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025415584628 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 262-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Tina Malti ◽

Margit Averdijk ◽

Antonio Zuffianò ◽

Denis Ribeaud ◽

Lucy R. Betts ◽

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Keyword(s):

Prosocial Behavior ◽

Social Relations ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

Latent Growth ◽

Trust Beliefs ◽

Curve Modeling ◽

Teacher Reports ◽

Using Data ◽

Over Time

This study examined the role of children’s trust beliefs and trustworthiness in the development of prosocial behavior using data from four waves of a longitudinal study in a large, ethnically-diverse sample of children in Switzerland (mean age = 8.11 years at Time 1, N = 1,028). Prosocial behavior directed towards peers was measured at all assessment points by teacher reports. Children’s trust beliefs and their trustworthiness with peers were assessed and calculated by a social relations analysis at the first assessment point using children’s reports of the extent to which classmates kept promises. In addition, teacher reports of children’s trustworthiness were assessed at all four assessment points. Latent growth curve modeling yielded a decrease in prosocial behavior over time. Peer- and teacher-reported trustworthiness predicted higher initial levels of prosocial behavior, and peer-reported trustworthiness predicted less steep decreases in prosocial behavior over time. Autoregressive cross-lagged analysis also revealed bidirectional longitudinal associations between teacher-reported trustworthiness and prosocial behavior. We discuss the implications of the findings for research on the role of trust in the development of children’s prosocial behavior.

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Gender Differences in Cambodian Delinquency: The Role of Ethnic Identity, Parental Discipline, and Peer Delinquency

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128704273466 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 220-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Charles G. Go ◽

Thao N. Le

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Ethnic Identity ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Adolescent Delinquency ◽

Parental Discipline ◽

Peer Delinquency ◽

Gender Similarities ◽

Adolescent Sample ◽

Asian Adolescents ◽

Conducting Research

Contrary to the model minority stereotype, Asian youth are increasingly becoming more involved in crime and delinquency. For instance, in the California Youth Authority, Southeast Asian adolescents are disproportionately represented, including Cambodian, Hmong, and Lao and Mien youth. However, few studies have focused on factors that are associated with Southeast Asian adolescent delinquency. Using a Cambodian adolescent sample, this study found significant gender similarities as well as differences. In both groups, peer delinquency was significantly associated with juvenile delinquency. However, for males, ethnic identity search was also a significant factor whereas for females, parental discipline was significant. These findings argue for the need to consider gender differences in conducting research and intervention programs for Cambodians and generally, for Southeast Asian adolescents. These results also suggest a need for more research, not only with respect to gender differences, but also on how they are similar to their Southeast Asian, Asian, and U.S. counterparts.

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How is parenting related to adolescent delinquency? A between- and within-person analysis of the mediating role of self-control, delinquent attitudes, peer delinquency, and time spent in criminogenic settings

European Journal of Criminology ◽

10.1177/1477370815608881 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 169-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Heleen J. Janssen ◽

Veroni I. Eichelsheim ◽

Maja Deković ◽

Gerben J.N. Bruinsma

Keyword(s):

Self Control ◽

Adolescent Delinquency ◽

Peer Delinquency ◽

Mediating Role

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Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000193 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 96-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hasida Ben-Zur

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Positive Affect ◽

Subjective Wellbeing ◽

Social Comparisons ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Psychological Resources ◽

Low Levels ◽

Age Range ◽

General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

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Mediational role of delinquent peer affiliations in understanding adolescent delinquency

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e523532008-001 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Matthew Guelker ◽

Lisa A. Ansel ◽

Christopher T. Barry ◽

Erin E. Bomar ◽

Lauren McDougald ◽

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Keyword(s):

Adolescent Delinquency ◽

Delinquent Peer ◽

Peer Affiliations ◽

Mediational Role

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Role of affect in short-term memory for paired associates.

Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1037/h0026465 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 78 (3, Pt.1) ◽

pp. 494-501 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Calvin F. Nodine ◽

James H. Korn

Keyword(s):

Short Term Memory ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Memory ◽

Paired Associates

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The capacity of short term memory from an evolutionary perspective

10.31234/osf.io/zdsya ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Majid Manoochehri

Keyword(s):

Short Term Memory ◽

Memory Span ◽

Critical Role ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Cognitive System ◽

Evolutionary Approach ◽

Evolutionary Perspective ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Memory

Memory span in humans has been intensely studied for more than a century. In spite of the critical role of memory span in our cognitive system, which intensifies the importance of fundamental determinants of its evolution, few studies have investigated it by taking an evolutionary approach. Overall, we know hardly anything about the evolution of memory components. In the present study, I briefly review the experimental studies of memory span in humans and non-human animals and shortly discuss some of the relevant evolutionary hypotheses.

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Impact of FII’s and FDI’s on Indian Stock Market

Adhyayan A Journal of Management Sciences ◽

10.21567/adhyayan.v1i1.10220 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Shukla

Keyword(s):

Stock Market ◽

Financial Markets ◽

Global Economy ◽

Short Term ◽

Earnings Growth ◽

The Past ◽

Bull Market ◽

Indian Stock Market

FIIs are companies registered outside India. In the past four years there has been more than $41 trillion worth of FII funds invested in India. This has been one of the major reasons on the bull market witnessing unprecedented growth with the BSE Sensex rising 221% in absolute terms in this span. The present downfall of the market too is influenced as these FIIs are taking out some of their invested money. Though there is a lot of value in this market and fundamentally there is a lot of upside in it. For long-term value investors, there’s little because for worry but short term traders are adversely getting affected by the role of FIIs are playing at the present. Investors should not panic and should remain invested in sectors where underlying earnings growth has little to do with financial markets or global economy.

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Introduction: Kinship Bereavement in Later Life

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/bd9q-rqyb-1x18-9evp ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brian De Vries

Keyword(s):

Adult Child ◽

Later Life ◽

Short Term ◽

Traumatic Grief ◽

Death Of A Parent ◽

De Vries ◽

Longitudinal Effects ◽

Analysis Of Variation

This article introduces a volume devoted to the examination of later-life bereavement: an analysis of variation in cause, course, and consequence. Six articles address and represent this variation and comprise this volume: 1) Prigerson et al. present case histories of the traumatic grief of spouses; 2) Hays et al. highlight the bereavement experiences of siblings in contrast to those spouses and friends; 3) Moss et al. address the role of gender in middle-aged children's responses to parent death; 4) Bower focuses on the language adopted by these adult children in accepting the death of a parent; 5) de Vries et al. explore the long-term, longitudinal effects on the psychological and somatic functioning of parents following the death of an adult child; and 6) Fry presents the short-term and longitudinal reactions of grandparents to the death of a grandchild. A concluding article is offered by de Vries stressing both the unique and common features of these varied bereavement experiences touching on some of the empirical issues and suggesting potential implications and applications.

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