RT Article
T1 The Interplay Between Virtual Socializing, Unstructured Socializing, and Delinquency
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 10
SP 1894
OP 1918
A1 Leal, Wanda
A2 Boccio, Cashen
A2 Jackson, Dylan B.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869129717
AB Adolescent socialization patterns have shifted toward less in-person socializing and more virtual socializing. Thus, it?s important to determine the association between virtual socializing and delinquency and whether virtual socializing represents a separate construct or a technological evolution of unstructured socializing. We explore this by using a modern virtual socializing scale on a nationally representative sample of eighth to 10th graders from the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey. Results indicate that virtual socializing is associated with delinquency, and unstructured socializing somewhat attenuates this relationship, but virtual socializing remains a significant predictor. Karlson-Holm-Breen method was used to assess the degree of attenuation produced by unstructured socializing, and demonstrates that unstructured socializing attenuates about 20% of the effect of virtual socializing on delinquency.
K1 Karlson-Holm-Breen method
K1 Monitoring the Future
K1 Delinquency
K1 Unstructured socializing
K1 virtual socializing
DO 10.1177/00111287221083898