Who are they with and what are they doing? Delinquent behavior, substance use, and early adolescents' after-school time

Authors
Flannery, DJ Williams, LL Vazsonyi, AT
Citation
Dj. Flannery et al., Who are they with and what are they doing? Delinquent behavior, substance use, and early adolescents' after-school time, AM J ORTHOP, 69(2), 1999, pp. 247-253
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY
ISSN journal
00029432 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
247 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(199904)69:2<247:WATWAW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The relationship among after-school time, parental monitoring, and problem behavior was examined in a sample of 1,170 early adolescents. Those spendin g unsupervised time with peers reported higher levels of aggression, delinq uency, substance use, and susceptibility to peer pressure, and lower levels of parental monitoring, than did adolescents at home with parents. Adolesc ents home alone after school were similar to those who spent time with adul ts or in school activities.