Compelling evidence demonstrates that peer influence is a pervasive force during
adolescence, one that shapes adaptive and maladaptive attitudes and behaviors. This …

Peer influence occurs across a wide variety of behavioral domains, which is an important
reason for peer-led interventions: interventions in which peers are involved in the delivery of …

This chapter describes why social networks of peers become increasingly important in
adolescence, and to which extent peer selection and influence processes take place in …

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires annual data collection to
monitor the provision of special education services, yet federal reports rarely disaggregate …

This study examined whether conformity to high‐but not low‐status e‐confederates was
associated with increases in identification with popular peers and subsequent increases in …

In interpersonal models of developmental psychopathology, friendships and affiliations with
peers have been considered as both consequences and determinants of children's and …

Neighborhood and school socioeconomic “disadvantage” are consequential for youth
violence perpetration. This study considers alternative ecological cumulative disadvantage …

Exclusionary school discipline is one of the primary ways that schools address student
behavior. Existing scholarship has focused on examining the implications of exclusionary …

Objectives: We examine the impacts of adolescent arrest on friendship networks. In
particular, we extend labeling theory by testing hypotheses for three potential mechanisms …

Exposure to exclusionary discipline has been tied to several deleterious outcomes in
adulthood, including contact with the criminal legal system. While this work provides …