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Steinberg, Laurence; Silverberg, Susan B. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the development of, and interrelations among, three types of autonomy during the transition from childhood into adolescence: emotional autonomy in relationships with parents, resistance to peer pressure, and the subjective sense of self-reliance. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Individual Development
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Little, Michelle; Steinberg, Laurence – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2006
This study examined a model of the simultaneous and interactive influence of social context, psychosocial attitudes, and individual maturity on the prediction of urban adolescent drug dealing. Five factors were found to significantly increase adolescents' opportunity for drug selling: low parental monitoring, poor neighborhood conditions, low…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Maturity (Individuals), Adolescents, Peer Groups