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19899929

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
It has been argued that peers are the most important agent of adolescent socialization and, more specifically, that this socialization process occurs at the child-specific (or nonshared environmental) level (J. R. Harris, 1998; R. Plomin & Asbury, 2005). The authors sought to empirically evaluate this nonshared environmental peer influence hypothesis by examining the association between externalizing behaviors and deviant peer affiliation in a sample of 454 pairs of monozygotic (genetically identical) twins, assessed at ages 14 and 17, within a cross-lagged twin differences design. Results argued against a causal nonshared environmental influence of peer affiliation on the development of externalizing behaviors and in favor of nonshared environmental "selection." In particular, the twin with more externalizing behaviors at age 14 reported increased deviant peer affiliation relative to his or her co-twin 3 years later, regardless of his or her genetic predispositions toward externalizing behavior. Such findings suggest that adolescents with higher levels of externalizing behaviors select or shape (either intentionally or inadvertently) subsequent environmental experiences to involve increased affiliation with deviant peers. Implications are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1939-0599
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1752-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Adolescent Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Conduct Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Internal-External Control, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Models, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Peer Group, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Personality Development, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Social Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Social Environment, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Socialization, pubmed-meshheading:19899929-Twins, Monozygotic
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Nonshared environmental mediation of the association between deviant peer affiliation and adolescent externalizing behaviors over time: results from a cross-lagged monozygotic twin differences design.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. burts@msu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Twin Study