Adolescents’ Friendships, Academic Achievement, and Risk Behaviors: Same‐Behavior and Cross‐Behavior Selection and Influence Processes

This study examined to what extent adolescents’ and their friends’ risk behaviors (i.e., delinquency and alcohol use) hinder or promote their academic achievement (grade point average [GPA]), and vice versa. Longitudinal data were used (N = 1,219 seventh‐ to ninth‐grade adolescents; Mage = 13.69). R...

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Published in:Child development 2019-03, Vol.90 (2), p.e192-e211
Main Authors: Gremmen, Mariola C., Berger, Christian, Ryan, Allison M., Steglich, Christian E.G., Veenstra, René, Dijkstra, Jan K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Academic Success
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Age Differences
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol use
Behavior
Bisexuality
Choice Behavior
Delinquency
Drinking
Female
Friends
Friendship
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade Point Average
Grades (Scholastic)
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Network Analysis
Peer Group
Peer Influence
Resilience (Psychology)
Risk
Risk behavior
Risk-Taking
Secondary education
Selection effects
Social factors
Social network analysis
Social Networking
Social organization
Teenagers
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