5. Henry, Tolan, and Gorman-Smith (2001) investigated the effect of one’s peers on boys’

later violence and delinquency. Figure 13.21 shows one model drawn from their study, their “fully mediated” model. Family Relationships is a composite of measures of family cohesion, beliefs about family, and family structure, with high scores representing a better functioning family; the violence and delinquency variables are measures of the frequency of violent and nonviolent delinquent offenses for peers and individuals. The model is longitudinal, with Family Relationships measured at age 12, Peer variables at age 14, and Individual variables at age 17. The model is also contained in the file “henry et al.amw” on the Web site.

Figure 13.21 One model from Henry et al. (2001).

Family Relationships Peer Delinquency Peer Violence Individual Delinquency d1 1

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Individual Violence d4 1