Examined three theories for predicting risk for delinquency during adolescence with sixth- and seventh-grade students: an individual difference perspective, social interactional model, and social contextual approach. Found that lack of nurturant and involved parenting indirectly predicted delinquency by increasing antisocial behavior and deviant peer relationships. Child antisocial behavior predicted decreases in nurturant parenting, consistent with the social contextual approach. (JPB)