On the Operational Validity of Perceptual Peer Delinquency: Exploring Projection and Elements Contained in Perceptions

• Published in: The journal of research in crime and delinquency Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 601 - 621
• Main Authors: Boman, John H., Stogner, John M., Miller, Bryan Lee, Griffin, O. Hayden, Krohn, Marvin D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2012; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attachment; Behavior Problems; Delinquency; Drug Abuse; Drug use; Friendship; Measurement; Peer groups; Peer Relations; Peer relationships; Peers; Perception; Perceptions; Regression analysis; Self Control; Self-management; Substance Abuse; Substance use; Validity; Young adults; substance use; self-control; perceptions; projection; peer delinquency; measurement

Objectives. The authors examine perceptions of a peer’s substance use to determine whether and to what degree individuals project their own behavior onto their perceptions of peer’s delinquency, and to determine whether the constructs of self-control and peer attachment are related to perceptions. M...