@article{ref1,
title="Examination of peer rejection and depressive symptoms as mediators of the link between rule-breaking behavior and poor academic performance",
journal="Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment",
year="2012",
author="Fite, Paula and Wimsatt, Amber and Vitulano, Michael and Rathert, Jamie and Schwartz, Sonia",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="164-171",
abstract="The current study further evaluated the association between rule-breaking behavior and academic performance by examining peer rejection and depressive symptoms as potential mediators of this association. Study hypotheses were examined using a sample of 147 school-age children (54.4% male) ranging from five to 13 years of age ( M = 8.22, SD = 1.99). A meditational path model was estimated, and findings suggested that peer rejection mediated the association between rule-breaking behavior and academic performance two months later when also considering the stability of academic performance. That is, high levels of rule-breaking behavior were associated with high levels of peer rejection, which in turn was associated with poor academic performance. Depressive symptoms were not indicated as a mediator of this association. <br><br>FINDINGS and their implications are discussed. <br><br>KEYWORDS: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency;<p />",
language="en",
issn="0882-2689",
doi="10.1007/s10862-011-9269-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10862-011-9269-y"
}