Sisters, Brothers, and Delinquency: Evaluating Social Influence during Early and Middle Adolescence

• Published in: Child development Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 271 - 283
• Main Authors: Slomkowski, Cheryl, Rende, Richard, Conger, Katherine J., Simons, Ronald L., Conger, Rand D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, USA and Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishers Inc 01.01.2001; Blackwell Publishers; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Adolescents; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Antisocial behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Brothers; Child; Child Development; Coercive Behavior; Delinquency; Delinquent behavior; Family Influence; Family relations; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hostility; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Modeling; Predictor Variables; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Regression Analysis; Relationship Quality; Relationships and Interactions; Sibling Relations; Sibling Relationship; Sibling relationships; Siblings; Sisters; Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency; Social Environment; Social influence; Social Influences; Surveys and Questionnaires; Human; Social influence; Social interaction; Juvenile delinquency; Adolescent; Sex; Sibling; Social behavior disorder; Preadolescent

Although a number of studies have shown that brothers are highly correlated for delinquent behavior, much less research has been conducted on sisters. We propose that sisters, like brothers, show notable similarity for delinquent behavior, and also promote each other's delinquency through direc...