For decades, psychological research has examined the extent to which children's and
adolescents' behavior is influenced by the behavior of their peers (ie, peer influence effects) …

Purpose Peer delinquency and unstructured socializing have been identified as important
correlates of delinquency and substance use. This state-of-the-art review explicates …

Trolling is a subject of apparent academic confusion; the few studies conducted thus far
yielded a variety of conflicting definitions regarding what constitutes trolling behaviour and …

Increasingly travelers engage in social media for travel activities. Prior to traveling, a traveler
would post intended travel plans on social media seeking views from family and friends …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a key risk factor for a variety
of negative health, psychiatric, and behavioral outcomes across the life course. Although …

The social identities formed through membership on extracurricular activity groups may
contribute to the frequency with which youth engage in prosocial and antisocial behavior …

We examined how parenting is directly and indirectly associated with adolescent
delinquency. We derived four possible mechanisms from major criminological theories and …

The strong correlation between measures of personal and peer deviance occurs with near
“law‐like” regularity. Yet, as with other manifestations of peer similarity (often referred to as …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether criminal thinking underpins peer
influence and selection. It was predicted that proactive criminal thinking would mediate the …

Much research in network analysis of adolescent friendships assumes that friendships
represent liking and social interaction, friendships are directed, and friendships are …