The aim of this study was to build upon the most recent advances in the areas of parenting, peer influences, and risky personality as influences on the development of antisocial behavior. A unique feature of the study is the ecologically valid assessment of peers. At each wave, all youths from 10 to 18 years of age in one community are included in the study, so that all peers a youth might mention are likely to be included, whether or not they are the same age or in the same school. As such, the study includes independent data on all peers, in school or out. Romantic partners and siblings are also included as potentially important peers. The fifth wave of the study is now complete, allowing a multitude of research questions to be answered concerning peer networks, parent-youth relationships, and the development of externalizing and internalizing problems.
Dissertations from the project:
Persson, A. (2006). Leisure in Adolescence: Youths’ activity choices and why they are linked to problems for some and not others.
Pakalniskiene, V. (2008). Harsh or inept parenting, youth characteristics, and later adjustment.
Persson, S. (2008). Democratic family functioning.
Publications from the project:
Bešić, N. & Kerr, M. (in press). Punks, Goths, and other eyecatching peer crowds: Do they fulfill a function for shy youths? Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Stattin, H., Kerr, M., & Tilton-Weaver, L. (in press). Parental monitoring: A critical examination of the research. In P. Dittus, V. Guilamo-Ramos, & J. Jaccard (Eds.), Parental monitoring of adolescents. Columbia University Press.
Laursen, B., Popp, D., Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (in press). Incorporating interdependence into developmental research: Examples from the study of homophily and homogeneity. To appear in N. A. Card, T. D. Little, & J. P. Selig (Eds.) Modeling interdependent data in studies of human development. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Burk, W. J., Steglich, C. E. G., & Snijders, T. A. B. (in press). Beyond dyadic interdependence: Actor-oriented models for co-evolving social networks and individual behaviors. International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Muñoz, L. C., Kerr, M., & Besic, N. (in press). A matter of perspective: The peer relationships of youths with psychopathic personality traits. Criminal Justice & Behavior.
Kerr, M., Stattin, H., & Pakalniskiene, V. (in press). Parents react to adolescent problem behaviors by worrying more and monitoring less. In M. Kerr, H. Stattin, & R. C. M. E. Engels (Eds.), What can parents do? New insights into the role of parents in adolescent problem behaviors. London: Wiley.
Stattin, H. & Kerr, M. (in press). Neighborhood contexts of peer relationships and groups. To appear in K. H. Rubin, W. Bukowski, & B. Laursen (Eds.). Handbook of peer relationships. Peer interactions and groups. New York: Wiley.
Persson, A., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2007). Staying In or Moving Away From Structured Activities: Explanations Involving Parents and Peers. Developmental Psychology, 43, 197-207.
Kerr, M., Stattin, H., & Kiesner, J. (2007). Peers and problem behavior: Have we missed something? In R. C. M. E. Engels, M. Kerr, & H. Stattin (Ed.) Friends, Lovers, and Groups: Key Relationships in Adolescence (pp. 125 – 153) London: Wiley.
Stattin, H., Kerr, M., Mahoney, J., Persson, A. & Magnusson, D. (2005). Explaining why a leisure context is bad for some girls and not for others. In J. L. Mahoney, R. W. Larson, & J. S. Eccles (Eds.), Organized activities as contexts of development: Extracurricular activities, after-school and community programs. (pp. 211 – 244). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Stattin, H. (2005). Er foreldrerne barnas skjebne – eller omvendt? Rus & Avhengighet, 5, 16-18.
Persson, S., Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (2004). Adolescents’ Conceptions of Family Democracy: Does Their Own Behavior Play a Role? European Journal of Developmental Psychology 1, 317 - 330.
Kiesner, J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2004). “Very Important Persons” In Adolescence: Going Beyond In-School, Single Friendships in the Study of Peer Homophily. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 545 - 560.
Stattin, H. (2002). “10 till 18” i Köping – en design för ungdomsstudier. I Ungdomsforskning – skilda världar och värderingar. Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap (FAS).
Submitted
Denault, A.-S., Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (submitted). Adolescent romantic relationships and problem behavior: A test of three explanations.
Masche, J. G., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (submitted). Parents’ reactions to adolescent depression are involved in a buildup of depressive symptoms.
Masche, J. G. (submitted). How to draw firmer causal conclusions from longitudinal data: The Cross-Lagged True Intraindividual Change (CLIC) Model.
Pakalniskiene, V., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (submitted). More than meets the eye: Youth characteristics as an explanation of the link between harsh parenting and adolescent peer relationship quality.
Popp, D., Laursen, B., & Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (submitted). Modeling homophily over time with an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model.
Kerr, M., Stattin, H., & Burk, W. J. (submitted). A reinterpretation of parental monitoring in longitudinal perspective.
Stattin, H., Persson, S., Burk, W. J., & Kerr, M. (submitted). Adolescents’ perceptions of the democratic functioning in their families.
Manuscripts in preparation
Tillfors, M., Willén, M., & Persson, S. (2007). The impact of social anxiety in close peer relations among adolescents: A prospective study. Manuscript in preparation.
Tillfors, M., Green, M., Furmark, T., & Bohlin, G. (2007). Social phobia in Swedish youth: Prevalence and stability over three years. Manuscript in preparation.
Tillfors, M., El-Khouri, B., Stein, MB., & Trost, K. (2007). Relations of social anxiety, depressive symptoms and antisocial behaviors: Evidence from a prospective study of adolescents. Manuscript in preparation.
Eklund, J. M. The influence of romantic relationships on delinquency in early adolescence: Social-influence or social-amplification? Manuscript in preparation.
Burk, W. J., & Stattin H., & Kerr, M. (in preparation). The co-evolution of early adolescent friendship networks, attitudes toward school and delinquent behaviors. To be submitted to Revue Francaise Sociologie by October 2007.
Laursen, B., Popp, D., Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (in preparation). Incorporating interdependence into developmental research: Examples from the study of homophily and homogeneity.
Andershed, A-K., Muñoz, L.C., & Kerr, M. Integrating motives and forms of expression in the assessment of adolescent aggression.
Andershed, A-K., Muñoz, L.C., & Kerr, M. Adolescent peer relationships and subtypes of aggression.
Muñoz, L.C. & Kerr, M. Perceptions of the parent-adolescent relationship and the role of callous-unemotional traits.
Persson, S., Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (in preparation). How do adolescent characteristics affect the democratic workings of the family?
van der Vorst, H., Kerr, M., Stattin, H., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (in preparation). Bi-Directional Associations between Parents’ Attitudes about Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Adolescents’ Drinking: Findings from Two Longitudinal Studies
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