PEER INFLUENCE IN JUV. CORRECT'L INST.--FOLLOWUP II

这项研究的目的是建立长期的影响 机构和社区对年轻人样本的影响 以前因犯罪行为而入狱的成年人。 这项研究的优点是：(1)研究设计 机构治疗与被调查者没有混淆 特征，(2)入口处收集的数据的可用性 在抵达后4个月，就在出发前， 在重返社区6个月后，(3)在 以高完成率完成研究设计 进行面谈，并且所有数据都在或早于预定时间 收集和处理；(4)扎实的研究基础 在基于参照组的综合理论框架中 理论。结果措施将包括亲社会和反社会 行为(官方和自我报告)，融入主要角色， 识别和心理调适。

The aim of the study is to establish longer term effects of institutional and community influences on a sample of young adults who were formerly incarcerated for delinquent behavior. The strengths of the study are: (1) a research design in which institutional treatment is not confounded with respondent characteristics, (2) the availability of data collected at entrance to the institutions, 4 months after arrival, just before departure, and 6 months after return to the community, (3) great success in completing the research design in terms of high completion rates for interviews and being at or ahead of schedule for all data collection and processing, and (4) firm grounding of the research in an integrative theoretical framework based on reference group theory. Outcome measures will include pro- and anti-social behavior (official and self reports), integration into major roles, identify and psychological adjustment.