ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR: FAMILY AND NON-FAMILY INFLUENCES

我们请求对先前资助的项目的第二次继续提供支持 持续3年以上。整个项目的目标一直是检查 青少年“过渡行为”的发展，包括轻微的越轨行为， 少年犯和性行为。具体地说，我们一直在研究 不同个体在影响青少年参与中的作用 (或不参与)转变行为。我们使用了两个互补的 数据集、完整的学校纵向数据集(ADSEX数据)和 具有全国代表性的数据集(NLSY数据)；两个数据源都有 兄弟姐妹信息以及性变态和性取向的衡量标准。我们的将军 方法包括比较青少年配对(兄弟姐妹，最好的朋友， 和其他朋友)，这反映了不同的共享环境。 在提议的延续中，我们希望将我们的兴趣扩大到更广泛的 使用NLSY数据的家庭成员组。在我们的代内 学习(为我们继续学习的头两年设计)，我们将 调查双胞胎、兄弟姐妹、堂兄弟姐妹、第二兄弟姐妹之间的关系 堂兄弟姐妹和同父异母的兄弟姐妹。在我们的代际研究中(设计用于 第三年和第四年)，我们将调查链接 在母亲-孩子，叔叔-侄女，叔叔-侄子，阿姨-侄女和阿姨之间- 侄子。这些不同的链接可以在我们的概念框架内使用 研究拥有不同家庭级别的个体的相似性 环境和遗传的关联性。我们所处的因变量 有兴趣的包括问题行为的测量，家庭环境， 和6-14岁以上儿童的智力；以及越轨，性倾向， 和智力作为连接两代人的变量。 我们项目的长期目标与我们最初的项目相同 建议：加深对环境影响的了解 发育中的儿童(使用家庭数据控制某些基因 混淆)关于“过渡行为”。

We request support for a second continuation of a previously funded project lasting 3+ years. The goal of the overall project has been to examine the adolescent development of "transition behaviors," including mild deviance, delinquency, and sexuality. More specifically, we have been studying the role that different individuals play in influencing adolescents to engage (or not to engage) in transition behaviors. We have used two complementary datasets, an intact school longitudinal dataset (the ADSEX data) and a nationally representative dataset (the NLSY data); both data sources have sibling information and measures of deviance and sexuality. Our general approach has involved comparing adolescent pairs (siblings, best friends, and other friends) that reflect different shared environments. In the proposed continuation we wish to extend our interest to a wider group of family members using the NLSY data. In our Intra-generational Study (designed for the first two years of our continuation), we will investigation relationships between twins, siblings, cousins, second- cousins, and step-cousins. In our Inter-generational Study (designed for the third and fourth years of our continuation), we will investigate links between mother-child, uncle-niece, uncle-nephew, aunt-niece, and aunt- nephew. These various links can be used within our conceptual framework to study the similarity of individuals who share different levels of family environment and genetic relatedness. The dependent variables in which we have interest include measures of problem behaviors, the home environment, and intellectual ability in children aged 6-14+; and deviance, sexuality, and intellectual ability as variables linking the two generations. The long-range goals of our project are the same as in our original proposal: To develop understanding of environmental influences on developing children (using family data to control for some genetic confounds) in regards "transition behaviors."