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Precursors of Running Away during Adolescence: Do Peers Matter?
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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
Individual and Issue-Specific Differences in Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Disclosure in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
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Darling, Nancy; Cumsille, Patricio; Pena-Alampay, Liane; Coatsworth, Douglas – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
Perceived parental knowledge and adolescents' disclosure to parents were predicted from parental warmth and monitoring and adolescents' disclosure, agreement, and beliefs about obligation to obey and parental legitimacy (N = 698 Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. 13-20-year-olds). The correlates of knowledge are similar in all three countries, but the…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences