Examining the Effects of Family and School Social Capital on Delinquent Behavior
Keywords
deviant behavior, school social capital, social capital, behavior
Abstract
In this article we evaluate and compare the effects of social capital at home and social capital at school on the frequency of involvement in delinquent behavior in the previous year. Using data from the first wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health, 1994–95; N = 8,100), a nationally representative survey of youth in the United States, we find that social sources of capital in the family exert a stronger negative influence on delinquency than school-based sources of capital, net the effects of other common correlates of this type of adolescent behavior.
Original Publication Citation
Dufur, Mikaela J., John P. Hoffmann, David B. Braudt, Toby L. Parcel, and Karen R. Spence. 2015. “Examining the Effects of Family and School Social Capital on Delinquent Behavior.” Deviant Behavior 36(7): 511-526.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Dufur, Mikaela; Hoffmann, John P.; Braudt, David B.; Parcel, Toby L.; and Spence, Karen R., "Examining the Effects of Family and School Social Capital on Delinquent Behavior" (2015). Faculty Publications. 3809.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/3809
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2015-01-20
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/6619
Publisher
Deviant Behavior
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology