TY - JOUR
AU1 - Caspi, Avshalom
AU2 - Lynam, Donald
AU3 - Moffitt, Terrie E.
AU4 - Silva, Phil A.
AB - We examined processes linking biological and behavioral changes in different contexts during adolescence by studying an unselected cohort of New Zealand girls from childhood through adolescence when they entered either mixed-sex or all-girl secondary schools. The impact of menarcheal timing on female delinquency was moderated by the sex composition of schools; early-maturing girls in mixed-sex settings were at greatest risk for delinquency. Individual differences in delinquency were also significantly more stable among girls in mixed-sex schools than among those in all-girl schools. These contextual variations are interpreted in terms of the differential distribution of reinforcements and opportunities for delinquency.
TI - Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior
JF - Developmental Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.29.1.19
DA - 1993-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/unraveling-girls-delinquency-biological-dispositional-and-contextual-WmAJmc2IEV
SP - 19
EP - 30
VL - 29
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -