Why a leisure context is linked to normbreaking for some girls and not others: personality characteristics and parent–child relations as explanations

Persson, AndreasÖrebro universitet,Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap (författare)

Why a leisure context is linked to normbreaking for some girls and not others : personality characteristics and parent–child relations as explanations

In a study of adolescents in the 1970s, girls were high in normbreaking if they attended youth recreation centers and were heavily involved with peers or boys (Stattin et al., 2003). The present study investigated whether these results could be replicated on a modern sample, and then examined parent–child relationships and personality characteristics as explanations why some girls and not others go to the youth centers and become heavily involved with peers and boys. Participants were 1279 14-year olds from a city in central Sweden. The results showed that personality characteristics and experiences at home partly explained youth center attendance, and personality characteristics partly explained involvement with boys, but neither explained why those who attended the centers and were involved with boys were highest on normbreaking. Thus, personality characteristics and experiences at home seem to be involved when girls choose the youth center context, but socialization by peers at the centers might better explain normbreaking among center goers.

Kerr, MargaretÖrebro universitet,Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap(Swepub:oru)mkr (författare)
Stattin, HåkanÖrebro universitet,Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap(Swepub:oru)hnsn (författare)
Örebro universitetInstitutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

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