Citation

Boman JH, Gibson CL. Deviant Behav. 2016; 37(12): 1411-1428.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01639625.2016.1185867

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A key distinction from Warr's research is "groupy" (deviant acts commonly committed with peers) versus "non-groupy" (acts that are likely committed alone) deviance. Drawing on Warr's important (and underutilized) distinction, this study's goal is to determine whether measures of perceptual groupy peer deviance more accurately reflect a peer's true deviance than perceptions of nongroupy peer deviance. Using dyadic data, results demonstrate that perceptions of a peer's non-groupy deviance are largely inaccurate but perceptions of a peer's groupy deviance are quite accurate. Despite this discrepancy, groupy and non-groupy perceptual measures function similarly in multivariate models and consistently outperform peer self-reports.

Language: en