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Cascading peer dynamics underlying the progression from problem behavior to violence in early to late adolescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2010

Thomas J. Dishion ,
Marie-Hélène Véronneau  and
Michael W. Myers
Thomas J. Dishion*
Affiliation:
University of Oregon
Marie-Hélène Véronneau
Affiliation:
University of Oregon
Michael W. Myers
Affiliation:
University of Oregon
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Thomas J. Dishion, Child and Family Center, University of Oregon, 195 West 12th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401-3408; E-mail: dishion@uoregon.edu.
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Abstract

This study examined the peer dynamics linking early adolescent problem behavior, school marginalization, and low academic performance to multiple indices of late adolescent violence (arrests, parent report, and youth report) in an ethnically diverse sample of 998 males and females. A cascade model was proposed in which early adolescent risk factors assessed at age 11 to 12 predict gang involvement at age 13 to 14, which in turn, predicts deviancy training with friends at age 16 to 17, which then predicts violence by age 18 to 19. Each construct in the model was assessed with multiple measures and methods. Structural equation modeling revealed that the cascade model fit the data well, with problem behavior, school marginalization, and low academic performance significantly predicting gang involvement 2 years later. Gang involvement, in turn, predicted deviancy training with a friend, which predicted violence. The best fitting model included an indirect and direct path between early adolescent gang involvement and later violence. These findings suggest the need to carefully consider peer clustering into gangs in efforts to prevent individual and aggregate levels of violence, especially in youths who may be disengaged, marginalized, or academically unsuccessful in the public school context.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Developmental Cascades: Part 1 , August 2010 , pp. 603 - 619
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