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Sensation seeking, peer deviance, and genetic influences on adolescent delinquency: Evidence for person-environment correlation and interaction.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 Jul 2016
Mann Frank D, Patterson Megan W, Grotzinger Andrew D, Kretsch Natalie, Tackett Jennifer L, Tucker-Drob Elliot M, Harden K Paige
Abstract excerpt
Both sensation seeking and affiliation with deviant peer groups are risk factors for delinquency in adolescence. In this study, we use a sample of adolescent twins (n = 549), 13 to 20 years old (M age = 15.8 years), in order to test the interactive effects of peer deviance and sensation seeking on delinquency in a genetically informative design. Consistent with a socialization effect, affiliation with deviant...
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