deviant peer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeviantandpeer
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deviant
adjective
uk/ˈdiː.vi.ənt/us/ˈdiː.vi.ənt/
used to describe a person or behaviour that is not usual and is generally considered to ...
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peer
noun[C]
uk/pɪər/us/pɪr/
a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in ...
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(Definition ofdeviantandpeerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdeviant peer
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Parents and children responded to two items related todeviantpeeraffiliation.
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Perhaps the interpersonal transactions within thedeviantpeergroup are more chaotic, deviant, and less rewarding to youth.
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In particular, we predicted that peer-relationship problems anddeviantpeeraffiliation would be more closely related to depressive symptoms in older children.
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Regarding the likelihood of a criminal record, no significant associations withdeviantpeeraffiliation were found.
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However, consistent with the hypothesis, a time-dependent measure ofdeviantpeerinvolvement made an additional significant contribution to the prediction of chronic offending.
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The high covariation between adolescent problem behavior anddeviantpeeraffiliation is not always viewed as causal, however.
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Using latent growth modeling, significant growth indeviantpeerinvolvement for all students in cohort 1 was detected.
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Improvements in the child's social cognitions about peers mediate the intervention ondeviantpeerassociations.
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Thedeviantpeerconstruct was computed from similar item pools for grades 6, 8, 10, and 12.
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This movement into the trajectory was further enhanced if the individual was currently heavily involved with members of thedeviantpeergroup.
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These measures would provide clear evidence for the causal link between parenting anddeviantpeeraffiliation.
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Considerable longitudinal evidence suggests thatdeviantpeerinvolvement is prognostic of escalations in various forms of problem behavior, including substance use, delinquent behavior, and violence.
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A theoretically driven, school-based intervention trial was implemented to test the degree to which changes in parenting behavior affecteddeviantpeerassociation.
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However, we hypothesize that the disrupted parenting anddeviantpeertraining mechanisms are significantly related to each new change in form of deviant behavior.
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Family management anddeviantpeerassociation as mediators of the impact of treatment condition on youth antisocial behavior.
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In keeping with the hypothesis, the primary predictor of movement from childhood antisocial behaviors to early arrest was the time-dependent measure ofdeviantpeerinvolvement.
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