Angels and Loners: An Examination of Abstainer Subtypes. Issue 12 (1st December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hendrix, Joshua A.
• Is Part Of: Deviant behavior. Volume 37:Issue 12(2016)
• Page Start: 1361
• Page End: 1379
• Publication Date: 2016-12-01
• Subjects: Deviant behavior -- Periodicals; 302.54205
• DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2016.1177391
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9625

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Scholars speculate that there may be both prosocial and antisocial modes of abstention; however, few attempts have been made to examine this idea empirically. Using a pooled sample from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, group-based trajectory analysis is presented to identify adolescents who abstain from marijuana, vandalism, violence, and theft during their teenage years, and latent class analysis is used to examine within-group heterogeneity among abstainers. A subset of abstainers report weak peer integration, psycho-emotional instability, worse academic performance, and more conflict with their parents. Implications of findings are discussed.