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Moderating Effect Of Intimate Exchange On The Reciprocal Relation Between Best Friend Delinquency And Child Externalizing Behavior, Alden Elizabeth Gaertner
Moderating Effect Of Intimate Exchange On The Reciprocal Relation Between Best Friend Delinquency And Child Externalizing Behavior, Alden Elizabeth Gaertner
Masters Theses
Research indicates both peer selection (choosing behaviorally similar individuals as friends) and peer socialization (mutual regulation of behavior) processes impact the development of problem behavior in childhood and adolescence. Differential association theory explains these processes by suggesting children and adolescents elect to participate in peer groups that conform to a commonly accepted set of group norms. Moreover, deviant peer groups ascribe to unconventional norms characterized by a higher proportion of pro-deviance messages learned in the context of intimate personal groups. Consistent with differential association theory, the current study examined the moderating effect of intimate exchange, or relational closeness, on the …
Conscientiousness Moderates The Relationship Between Life Change And Life Satisfaction, Cynthia Ward Hackney
Conscientiousness Moderates The Relationship Between Life Change And Life Satisfaction, Cynthia Ward Hackney
Masters Theses
This field study examined the relationship between orderliness, a facet of the personality trait conscientiousness, life change in retirement and life satisfaction in retirement. Hypotheses for this study are derived from current research and theory. Life satisfaction in retirement and the trait orderliness were hypothesized to have a positive linear relationship. The relationship between life change in retirement and life satisfaction in retirement were hypothesized to have a negative linear relationship. The narrow personality trait of orderliness was hypothesized to have a moderating influence on the relationship between life change and life satisfaction in retirement. Data were collected during a …