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The Relation of Family and School Attachment to Adolescent Deviance in Diverse Groups and Communities

Kristan Glasgow Erickson

Stanford University

Jennifer Laird

American Institutes for Research

Carol A. Wong

University of Delaware

This longitudinal study used a national probability sample of adolescents to examine whether attachments to the family and school reduced five forms of adolescent deviance: cigarette smoking, alcohol use, marijuana use, delinquency, and violent behavior. The authors assessed whether these factors reduced the overall frequency, prevalence, and intensity of each problem behavior. The study also examined the power of these attachments to reduce deviance among adolescents who were differentiated in terms of gender, ethnicity, and their community’s level of economic deprivation. Overall, adolescent attachments to family and school tended to reduce the overall frequency, prevalence, and intensity of deviant involvement, regardless of community context, gender, or ethnic group. Parental reports of attachment to the adolescent, compared with adolescent reports of connection to the family, were the stronger predictors of lower levels of deviance. Attachment to school predicted lower levels of initiation of deviant behavior but did not predict the intensity of deviance.

Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 16, No. 4, 396-422 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0743558401164006


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