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Peer group membership and a sense of belonging: their relationship to adolescent behavior problems.(Report)
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Adolescence
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June 22, 2007
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This study explored three aspects of peer group membership in adolescence: peer group affiliation, the importance of group membership, and a sense of peer group belonging. Each is considered in relationship to adolescents' behavior problems as measured by the Achenbach Youth Self-Report. Participants included an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 733 adolescents ranging in age from 11 to 18 years. Girls reported more internalizing problems and boys reported more externalizing problems. Girls also reported a higher sense of peer group belonging than boys. When controlling for adolescent age, gender, ethnicity, parent's educational level, and family structure, a sense of ...
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Table 3
Group Belonging and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing
Behavior Problems (n = 732)
Internalizing Problems
B SE B [beta]
Adolescent Age .40 * .18.07 *
Female5.03 ***.69.24 ***
Family Education .01.30.00
Ethnicity
White (Omitted)
African American -1.64.82 -.07
Asian, Biracial, and -1.98 1.07 -.06
Hispanic
Family Structure
Biological Parents
(Omitted)
Stepfamily .68 .92.02
Single-Parent Family.83 .86.03
Group Belonging (GB) -.63 *** .04 -.52 ***
F, Prob><.001.
Internalizing
Group Belonging (GB) Behavior
by Group Membership Problems
Salience (GMS) Post Hoc
Groups M SDComparisons *
1. LBLS Female 21.28 11.17
Male 17.56 11.87
Total19.31 11.66 1><1, 3
3. LBHS Female 21.03 10.56
Male 17.11 11.87
Total19.46 11.23 3><1, 3
Externalizing
Group Belonging (GB) Behavior
by Group Membership Problems
Salience (GMS) Post Hoc
Groups M SDComparisons *
1. LBLS Female 16.859.75
Male 17.35 10.51
Total17.11 10.13 1><1, 3
3. LBHS Female 16.109.62
Male 17.98 10.57
Total16.86 10.02 3>
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