%0 Journal Article
%T Can at-risk young adolescents be popular and anti-social? Sociometric status groups, anti-social behaviour, gender and ethnic background
%J Journal of Adolescence
%D 2010
%A van de Schoot, Rens
%A van der Velden, Floor
%A Boom, Jan
%A Brugman, Daniel
%V 33
%N 5
%P 583-592
%X This study aimed to extend the understanding of anti-social behaviour and its association with popularity and sociometric status in a sample of at-risk adolescents from diverse ethnic backgrounds (n = 1491, average age 14.7 years). Both overt and covert types of anti-social behaviour were used to distinguish subgroups. These subgroups were created on the basis of anti-social behaviour profile scores, using Latent Class Analysis. Moderator effects of gender and ethnic background were investigated using a log-linear analysis. The main finding was that each sociometric status group consisted of subgroups that differed in terms of prevalence of self-reported anti-social behaviour. At-risk young adolescents who reported involvement in anti-social behaviour appeared in every status group, including the popular group. Implications for school prevention programmes for anti-social behaviour are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0140-1971
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.12.004