The Risk of Informal Socializing with Peers: Considering Gender Differences Across Predatory Delinquency and Substance Use

Augustyn, Megan Bears; McGloin, Jean Marie

doi:10.1080/07418825.2011.597417

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“…Our findings are in accordance with a significant body of literature that reported these sorts of activities to be predictive of antisocial and norm-breaking behaviours (Augustyn and McGloin 2013; Haynie and Osgood 2005; Hoeben and Weerman 2016) or linked to worse school performance (Bae and Wickrama 2015; Nelson and Gastic 2009) and increased rates of substance use (Lee and Vandell 2015; Spilkova 2015). UA appear to attract adolescents who generally incline towards health-risk and delinquent behaviours (Mahoney et al 2004; Persson et al 2007), and exposure to such peers is one of the frequently discussed reasons for the negative outcomes of UA (Haynie and Osgood 2005; Hoeben and Weerman 2016; Svensson and Oberwittler 2010).…”

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Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health?

Baďura

Gecková

Sigmundová

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Int J Public Health

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ObjectivesWe aimed to assess the associations of involvement in selected unstructured activities (UA) with health-risk behaviours and academic achievement and the degree to which the participation in organized leisure-time activities (OLTA) changes these associations. MethodsUsing a sample of 6935 Czech adolescents aged 13 and 15 years, we investigated adolescents’ weekly involvement in hanging out, visiting shopping malls for fun and meeting friends after 8 p.m., OLTA and engagement in three health-risk behaviours and academic achievement. ResultsWeekly involvement in the selected UA was associated with higher odds for regular smoking, being drunk, having early sexual intercourse and low academic achievement. Concurrent participation in OLTA did not buffer these negative outcomes, except for sexual experience. However, those highly engaged only in UA were more likely to participate in the health-risk behaviours and report worse academic achievement than those participating in any OLTA concurrently.ConclusionsThe selected UA are strongly associated with an increased occurrence of adolescents’ health-risk behaviours and low academic achievement. Concurrent participation in OLTA does not buffer these negative outcomes significantly, but adolescents engaged only in UA consistently report the least favourable outcomes.

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confidence: 91%

Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health?

Baďura

Gecková

Sigmundová

et al. 2018

Int J Public Health

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“…The presence of peers makes deviance easier and more rewarding, the absence of supervision (by an authority figure) means that someone is unlikely to intervene or dissuade antisocial behavior, and compared with structured activities such as playing sports or working on hobbies, informal socializing opens up opportunities for deviance. Several studies have demonstrated the ability of time spent socializing with peers in unstructured and unsupervised settings to predict delinquency and crime across different data sets, measures, and model specifications (Agnew and Peterson, 1989;Barnes et al, 2007;Bernburg and Thorlindsson, 2001;Dishion et al, 1995;Hundleby, 1987;Osgood and Anderson, 2004;Osgood et al, 1996;Riley, 1987;Wallace and Bachman, 1991), even when controlling for the deviance of the peer group (Anderson and Hughes, 2009;Augustyn and McGloin, 2013;Haynie and Osgood, 2005).…”

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“…Responses range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (five or more times). This measure is "designed to focus more specifically on time spent socializing in a relatively unstructured way," which explains why several scholars have used this item to study Osgood et al's theory (Haynie and Osgood, 2005: 1,117; see also Anderson and Hughes, 2009;Augustyn and McGloin, 2013).…”

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A Dual‐systems Approach for Understanding Differential Susceptibility to Processes of Peer Influence

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McGloin

2013

Criminology

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The distinct peer‐based perspectives of deviant normative influence and unstructured/unsupervised socializing with friends contend that adolescents rely on different information when deciding to offend, with the former positing that individuals offend after considering the longer term consequences of behavior, and the latter positing that decisions to offend derive from situational stimuli. We argue that these processes can be organized under a dual‐systems framework of decision making, which leads to the hypothesis that individuals at the edges of impulsivity should be differentially vulnerable to these peer influence processes because of their tendency to rely on only one system of decision making. We use two large data sets to test this hypothesis: a nationally representative sample of adolescents from the AddHealth study (N = ∼9,000) and a pooled panel data set of adolescents from the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) evaluation (N = 1,172). The results of longitudinal negative binomial analyses indicate that normative influence by deviant peers has a stronger effect on delinquency for adolescents with low impulsivity than it does for individuals with high impulsivity. Differences in the informal socializing with peers coefficients are less clear and offer minimal support for our predictions.

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“…The positive relationship between unstructured socializing and substance use has been widely supported (e.g. Augustyn and McGloin 2013;Barnes et al 2007;Demers 1997), but the empirical evidence is characterized by two limitations.…”

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Situational Correlates of Adolescent Substance Use: An Improved Test of the Routine Activity Theory of Deviant Behavior

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Objectives To test the routine activity theory of deviance, we assess whether adolescents are most likely to use substances while they are involved in unstructured activities, in the presence of peers and in the absence of authority figures. We also test whether these situational factors interact. Methods A time use instrument was applied to collect hour-by-hour information on activities and substance use from a sample of adolescents. To control for potential confounders, the effects of the three situational factors on substance use were estimated with fixedeffects logit models. Results The findings show that adolescents' substance use takes place during unstructured activities, when peers are present, and when authority figures are absent, and that these situational factors are not strengthened by each other. Conclusions Supporting the routine activity theory of deviance, we conclude that unstructured activity, peer presence and absence of authority figures are situational factors that facilitate substance use. In contrast to what the theory proposes, and relevant for parents and professionals, these factors function independently and need not all be present simultaneously for deviant behavior to occur.

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The Risk of Informal Socializing with Peers: Considering Gender Differences Across Predatory Delinquency and Substance Use

Cited by 68 publications

References 60 publications

Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health?

Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health?

A Dual‐systems Approach for Understanding Differential Susceptibility to Processes of Peer Influence

Situational Correlates of Adolescent Substance Use: An Improved Test of the Routine Activity Theory of Deviant Behavior

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