“…When engaging in deviant talk, for example, adolescents exchange ideas on how to perform deviant acts or tell each other about earlier deviant acts, which is followed by reinforcing reactions from their peers (for an overview, see Dishion & Tipsord, 2011). These mechanisms may lead to individual adoption of peer norms, which in turn provides a cognitive predisposition for exhibiting antisocial behavior (Kobayashi, Akers, & Sharp, 2011).…”