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Chen, Xiaojin; Thrane, Lisa; Adams, Michele – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Although peer influence is a salient predictor of delinquency, how it operates in the etiology of runaway behavior is not fully understood. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study demonstrates the importance of taking peers into account in understanding the etiology of running away. The findings suggest…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Etiology, Peer Influence, Social Networks
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Estrada-Martinez, Lorena M.; Padilla, Mark B.; Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard; Schulz, Amy Jo – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Existing research rarely considers important ethnic subgroup variations in violent behaviors among Latino youth. Thus, their risk for severe violent behaviors is not well understood in light of the immense ethnic and generational diversity of the Latino population in the United States. Grounded in social control theory and cultural analyses of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Intervention, Violence, One Parent Family