Deviant Talk in Adolescent Friendships
A Step Toward Measuring a Pathogenic Attractor Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12686293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabela Granic (0000-0002-6213-136X, Hospital for Sick Children, corresponding author), Thomas J Dishion (0000-0002-0913-5003, University of Oregon) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 314-334 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-9507 • E-ISSN: 0961-205X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9507.00236 |
| OpenAlex | W2032514979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 46 |
Deviant talk in adolescent friendships has been previously found to predict escalations in substance use, delinquency, and violence. The current paper extends past work on deviant talk by examining its dynamic, self‐organizing properties. From the direct observations of peer interactions, a simple measure was developed that indicated whether, as an interaction unfolded, deviant talk bouts became longer in duration (indicating an attractor state). Participants included 102 high‐risk adolescents and their friends. A time‐series of the duration of each successive deviant talk bout over the course of an interaction was created for all dyads. Slope values were derived from the time‐series and used as an index of attractor strength. As hypothesized, the attractor index predicted serious authority conflict (arrests, school expulsion) and drug abuse three years later, after controlling for prior problem behavior, family coercion and deviant peer associations. The findings suggest that the process by which adolescents become increasingly absorbed in deviant talk is an important underlying mechanism in the development of serious antisocial behavior
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
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| Citations per year | 1,59 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |