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The Role of Social Competencies in Peer Group Selection and Peer Contagion

The Role of Social Competencies in Peer Group Selection and Peer Contagion. Jill Antonishak Joseph P. Allen Kathleen Boykin McElhaney University of Virginia. Collaborators: Joanna Chango Amanda Hare F. Christy McFarland Nell Manning Jessica Meyer Erin Miga Megan Schad Claire Stephenson.

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The Role of Social Competencies in Peer Group Selection and Peer Contagion

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  1. The Role of Social Competencies in Peer Group Selection and Peer Contagion Jill Antonishak Joseph P. Allen Kathleen Boykin McElhaney University of Virginia Collaborators: Joanna Chango Amanda Hare F. Christy McFarland Nell Manning Jessica Meyer Erin Miga Megan Schad Claire Stephenson

  2. Peer socialization • Similarity to peers likely due to two processes • Selection of similar friends • Influence of peers • Development of aggression and association with aggressive peers • Potential mediating relationship of social competencies

  3. Current study • Examine pathways of influence between social competencies, teen’s delinquency, and peer group delinquency • Consider reciprocal relationships and peer group and individual competencies as a dynamic system

  4. Participants • 184 participants (and three of their peers) • Equal number of males and females • Assessed annually beginning at age 13 (for five years) • Socio-economically diverse (median income=$40-60,000) • 31% African American; 69% Caucasian

  5. Measures • Supportive Behavior Task (Allen et al., 2003) • 6-minute videotaped interaction between adolescent and best friend • Discussion of adolescent’s problem • Connection/warmth factor • Ability to engage with their friend • Ability to demonstrate they value and care about their friend

  6. Measures • Problem Behavior Inventory (Elliott & Ageton, 1980) • Serious criminal behavior • Minor deviant behavior • Reporters • Teen self-report • Peer group report

  7. Reciprocal relationships • Latent difference score models (McArdle & Hamagami, 2001) • Considers changes within a variable and the time-ordered relationships between variables • Dynamic relationships between one variable and change in another variable • How is affiliation with delinquent peers related to teen’s delinquency and vice versa?

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  12. y5 y5 Δy5 Δx5 x5 x5 σy y1 y2 y3 y4 y1 y2 y3 y4 y0* βy βy βy βy y0 σy0,xs Δy2 Δy3 Δy4 αy ys* ys γy γy γy σx0,y0 K xs αx xs* Δx2 Δx3 Δx4 σx0,ys x0 βx βx βx βx x0* x1 x2 x3 x4 x1 x2 x3 x4 ex

  13. y5 y5 Δy5 Δx5 x5 x5 ey y1 y2 y3 y4 y1 y2 y3 y4 y0* βy βy βy βy y0 σy0,xs Δy2 Δy3 Δy4 αy ys* γx γx ys γx σx0,y0 K xs αx xs* Δx2 Δx3 Δx4 σx0,ys x0 βx βx βx βx x0* x1 x2 x3 x4 x1 x2 x3 x4 ex

  14. y5 y5 Δy5 Δx5 x5 x5 ey y1 y2 y3 y4 y1 y2 y3 y4 y0* βy βy βy βy y0 σy0,xs Δy2 Δy3 Δy4 αy ys* γx γx ys γx γy γy γy σx0,y0 K xs αx xs* Δx2 Δx3 Δx4 σx0,ys x0 βx βx βx βx x0* x1 x2 x3 x4 x1 x2 x3 x4 ex

  15. Criminal behavior and affiliation with criminal peers Teen crime ΔTeen crime Teen crime Affiliation with criminal peers .29* .22t Affiliation with criminal peers ΔAffiliation with criminal peers CFI=.93, RMSEA=.06

  16. How do friendship competencies relate to changes in criminal behavior?

  17. Warmth/intimacy and criminal behavior Teen criminal behavior ΔTeen criminal behavior Teen criminal behavior Lack of warmth and connection .26t .34* Lack of warmth & connection ΔLack of warmth & connection CFI=.93, RMSEA=.04

  18. Warmth and peers’ serious delinquency Criminal peers ΔCriminal peers Affiliation with criminal peers Lack of warmth and connection .32* .31* Lack of warmth & connection ΔLack of warmth & connection CFI=.94, RMSEA=.02

  19. Pathways for criminal behavior Teen criminal behavior Affiliation with criminal peers

  20. Pathways for criminal behavior Lack of warmth & connection Teen criminal behavior Affiliation with criminal peers

  21. Pathways for minor deviant behavior Teen minor deviant behavior Affiliation with deviant peers

  22. Pathways for minor deviant behaviors Lack of warmth & connection Teen minor deviant behavior Affiliation with deviant peers

  23. Conclusions • Support for transactional framework and self-perpetuating cycle • The role of social competencies in peer contagion is likely to depend on the behavior and socialization processes.

  24. Different forms of delinquency • Serious criminal behavior • Adolescents who are unable to express warmth or feel connected to peers may rely on criminal talk or behavior. • Minor deviance • Popularity-socialization hypothesis(Allen et al., 2005; Cohen & Prinstein, 2006)

  25. For copies of this presentation and related papers: www.teenresearch.org Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the National Institute of Mental Health for funding awarded to Joseph P. Allen, Principal Investigator, (Grants #R01-MH44934, and R01-MH58066)

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