News Finding: The statistical analysis confirmed that belonging to a circle of fierce friends and acceptance of violence norms are related.
Paper Finding: In an analysis of three waves of the Rochester Youth Development Study could hardly find any cross-lagged reciprocal effects between delinquent peer association, delinquent beliefs and delinquent behaviour.
News Context: The statistical analysis confirmed that belonging to a circle of fierce friends and acceptance of violence norms are related. As one could reasonably expect these two factors increase the probability of brutal action. "However, during the end of adolescence there seems to be a developmental shift in the causation of violence that is indicated by an increase in the effect of peer group association and a (less clear) decrease in the effect of pro-violent norms," Seddig elaborates.
Paper Context: Those who acquire delinquent friends at a young age then tend to have longer friendships as a consequence of the shared behavioural orientation. In an analysis of three waves of the Rochester Youth Development Study could hardly find any cross-lagged reciprocal effects between delinquent peer association, delinquent beliefs and delinquent behaviour. Especially minor delinquency did not influence delinquent peer group bonding ('everybody does it ', Menard & Elliott, 1994: 185) .