1. The Genesis of Adolescent Risk-Taking: Pathways through Family, School, and Peers.
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Wade, Terrance J. and Brannigan, Augustine
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SOCIAL control , *SOCIAL conflict , *SOCIOLOGY , *FAMILIES , *HIGH school students , *SOCIAL science research - Abstract
This paper presents an empirical examination of Sampson and Laub's social control theory. It tests the effects of family structure, family attachment, school attachment and peer attachment on a generalized form of risk-taking behaviour which includes delinquency and drug use. The data come from a single stratified sample of 1,075 high school students in Ontario. The findings suggest that the effect of family attachment on risk-taking is moderated by both school and peer involvement. When family attachment is tow, school attachment inhibits risk-taking and strong peer attachment reinforces it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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