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Risky Business

The Paradoxical Meaning of Problem Behavior for Young Adolescents

Jennifer L. Maggs

University of Michigan and Universität Bielefeld

David M. Almeida

University of Michigan

Nancy L. Galambos

University of Victoria

Concurrent and longitudinal relations among Canadian adolescents' problem behavior (PB), self-image, and peer relations were examined. The relationship of adolescents' perceptions of fun and risk with their PB also were explored. A total of 96 young adolescents (mean age at Time 1 = 11.6 years) completed questionnaires on four occasions spanning 3 1/2 years. Measures were PB (disobeying parents, school misconduct, substance use, antisocial behavior), self-image, peer relations (involvement, acceptance), and beliefs about the fin and risk of PBs. Mean-level analyses showed increases with age in disobedience, school misconduct, substance use, and peer involvement. Longitudinal increases in PB were associated with decreases in positive self-image and increases in peer acceptance and involvement. Beliefs about fun and risk predicted up to 56% of the variance in PB, with fun more consistently the significant predictor. Discussion focuses on the paradox that PB may have constructive and destructive functions.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 15, No. 3, 344-362 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431695015003004
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