Ann T. Skinner

Publications [#354797] of Ann T. Skinner

Journal Articles

  1. Lansford, JE and Zietz, S and Bornstein, MH and Deater-Deckard, K and Di Giunta, L and Dodge, KA and Gurdal, S and Liu, Q and Long, Q and Malone, PS and Oburu, P and Pastorelli, C and Skinner, AT and Sorbring, E and Steinberg, L and Tapanya, S and Uribe Tirado, LM and Yotanyamaneewong, S and Alampay, LP and Al-Hassan, SM and Bacchini, D and Chang, L, Opportunities and peer support for aggression and delinquency during adolescence in nine countries., New directions for child and adolescent development, vol. 2020 no. 172 (July, 2020), pp. 73--88, ISSN 1520-3247 (Print-Electronic.) [doi]
    (last updated on 2021/01/29)

    Abstract:
    This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural similarities and differences in problem behavior during adolescence. Adolescents from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) provided data at ages 12, 14, and 15. Variance in opportunities and peer support for aggression and delinquency, as well as aggressive and delinquent behavior, was greater within than between cultures. Across cultural groups, opportunities and peer support for aggression and delinquency increased from early to mid-adolescence. Consistently across diverse cultural groups, opportunities and peer support for aggression and delinquency predicted subsequent aggressive and delinquent behavior, even after controlling for prior aggressive and delinquent behavior. The findings illustrate ways that international collaborative research can contribute to developmental science by embedding the study of development within cultural contexts.