Citation

Gilman AB, Hill KG, Hawkins JD, Howell JC, Kosterman R. J. Res. Adolesc. 2014; 24(2): 204-219.

Affiliation

Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12121

PMID

24882999

PMCID

PMC4036700

Abstract

Researchers have examined the predictors of adolescent gang membership, finding significant factors in the neighborhood, family, school, peers, and individual domains. However, little is known about whether risk and protective factors differ in predictive salience at different developmental periods. The present study examines predictors of joining a gang, tests whether these factors have different effects at different ages, and whether they differ by gender using the Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) sample (n=808). By age 19, 173 participants had joined a gang. Using survival analysis, results showed that unique predictors of gang membership onset included living with a gang member, antisocial neighborhood, and antisocial peer influences in the previous year. No time or gender interactions with predictors were statistically significant.

Language: en