Sibling Delinquency and the Family Environment: Shared and Unshared Influences

Rowe, David C.; Rodgers, Joseph Lee; Meseck-Bushey, Sylvia

doi:10.2307/1130901

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“…The questions asked the respondent to report whether they had committed each of the offenses over the past month. Hindelang, Hirschi, and Weis (1981) have argued that `variety' measures of crime and deviance are more valid and reliable compared to `frequency' measures that are typically employed (see also Rowe, Rodgers, & Mescek-Bushey, 1992). In order to capture change in such behavior (form Wave 4 to Wave 5), a change score was calculated from the standardized scores from Wave 4 and Wave 5.…”

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General strain theory, persistence, and desistance among young adult males

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2010

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Purpose-Despite the surge in scholarly activity investigating the criminal career, relatively less attention has been devoted to the issue of criminal desistance versus persistence (until recently). The present study contributed to our understanding of this process by exploring the suitability of General Strain Theory (GST) for predicting changes in criminal activity across time.Methods-Data from a longitudinal study of males in South Florida are examined using robust regression analyses.Results-The core GST relationship, that changes in strain should predict changes in criminal activity, was supported, even after controlling for important adult social roles such as marriage, labor force participation, and education. While no support for the proposition that changes in selfesteem and social support moderate the strain-criminal desistance association was evinced, evidence was found that angry disposition, a measure of negative emotionality, moderated the association between change in chronic stressors and change in criminal activity.Conclusions-While exploratory in nature, these findings demonstrate the utility of employing GST principles in studies of criminal desistance.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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General strain theory, persistence, and desistance among young adult males

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2010

Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…Research on adolescent siblings has found concordance for many delinquent behaviors (Conger et al, 2007; Lewin, Hops, Davis, & Dishion, 1993; Reiss & Farrington, 1991). However, the magnitude of concordance has varied across studies (e.g., Lauritsen, 1993; Rowe et al, 1992). …”

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“…Indeed, a number of studies have reported that siblings are concordant for delinquent activities. However, concordance for delinquency has typically been examined in male sibling pairs, and few studies have considered sibling influences in mixed-sex or female sibling dyads (Lauritsen, 1993; Rowe, Rodgers, & Meseck-Bushey, 1992). The association between older and younger siblings’ delinquency may be related to several different factors.…”

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Understanding Adolescent Delinquency: The Role of Older Siblings' Delinquency and Popularity with Peers

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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

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The present study examined delinquency concordance and the moderating effects of younger sibling perceptions of older sibling popularity in a sample of 587 adolescent sibling pairs. Using a social learning framework, and taking dyad composition into account, perceptions of popularity were hypothesized to strengthen siblings’ concordance for delinquency. Older sibling delinquency significantly predicted younger sibling delinquency. Older sibling popularity was not important in predicting boys’ delinquency. However, perceptions of older sibling popularity directly predicted reduced delinquency for girls with older sisters. A significant interaction effect was found for girls with older brothers. Older brother delinquency predicted girls’ delinquency for girls who perceived their older brother to be relatively popular. There was no delinquency concordance for girls who perceived their older brothers to be less popular.

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“…A large literature using diverse methodological approaches provides strong evidence for risk conferred via siblings (Bank, Burraston, & Snyder, 2004;Compton, Snyder, Schrepferman, Bank, & Shortt, 2003;Patterson, 1984;J. B. Reid, Patterson, & Snyder, 2002;Rowe, Rodgers, & Meseck-Bushey, 1992;Wasserman et al, 1996). Younger siblings of antisocial youths are at risk for conduct problems for both genetic (Reiss, Neiderhiser, Hetherington, & Plomin, 2000;Rowe, Almeida, & Jacobson, 1999) and environmental reasons (Compton et al, 2003).…”

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