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Université de Fribourg

Avoiding antisocial behavior among adolescents : The positive influence of classmates’ prosocial behavior

Hofmann, Verena ; Müller, Christoph Michael

In: Journal of Adolescence, 2018, vol. 68, p. 136-145

Introduction. Prior research has shown that classmates’ behavior serves as a descriptive norm for adolescents’ individual behavior. While earlier studies primarily focused on negative peer influence, classmates’ prosocial behavior might be associated with positive individual development. We hypothesized more classroom- level prosocial behavior predicts a lower likelihood of future...

Université de Fribourg

Attitude Transference Among Adolescents : The Relationship Between Injunctive Classroom Norms and Individual Antisocial Attitudes

Hofmann, Verena ; Müller, Christoph Michael

In: Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2016, vol. 15, p. 206-224

Cognition plays a major role in the development of antisocial behavior. The aim of this study was to extend the current state of research regarding the mechanisms of negative peer influence in adolescence by testing whether aggregated classroom attitudes (injunctive norms) predict individual attitudes towards antisocial behavior and vice versa. For that purpose, attitudes towards a broad...