ADDICTION-RISK AND AGGRESSIVE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENCE - INFLUENCE OF FAMILY, SCHOOL AND PEERS/

In this study, data from 2814 15- and 16-year-old secondary school stu dents were analysed to investigate the collective influence of family, school and peers on behavioural problems in adolescence. Adolescents with addiction-risk and/or aggressive/criminal behaviour were compared to those who did not display such behaviour. Adolescents with behavio ural problems were characterized by having a more negative perception of the environment with regard to most of the variables related with f amily, school and peers. Clearly behavioural problems are associated w ith problems in multiple environments. Some differences were found bet ween boys and girls: multiple regression analyses showed that for boys , problems at school were the most important predictor of behavioural problem scores, while for girls, this applied to problems at home. (C) 1996 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents