INVESTIGATING THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER DEVIANCE AND DELINQUENCY

dc.contributor.advisorMcGloin, Jean Men_US
dc.contributor.authorYang, Meien_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T06:45:02Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T06:45:02Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractPeer deviance is one of the strongest and most consistent predictors of delinquency. However, social interactions among adolescents and their peers do not happen in a vacuum. In particular, school is a critical social context for peer interactions. It is possible that school climate may alter the strength of the link between peer deviance and personal delinquency. The current project investigated the potential moderating effects of two dimensions/sub-categories of school climate, school communal social organization and discipline management, on the association between peer deviance and personal delinquency using Add Health data. Results indicated students who were more committed to school were more vulnerable to peer influence, and school-level factors did not have any impact on the peer deviance-delinquency relationship.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2P55DJ4J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20390
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.titleINVESTIGATING THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER DEVIANCE AND DELINQUENCYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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