Research suggests that youths are more likely to engage in antisocial or deviant behavior when the attitudes that support it are reinforced by significant others, such as parents or best friends. This finding lends validity to which theory?

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Tommy Barajas

25 February, 01:00

Research suggests that youths are more likely to engage in antisocial or deviant behavior when the attitudes that support it are reinforced by significant others, such as parents or best friends. This finding lends validity to which theory?

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Rodrigo Graves · Answer 1

The correct answer to the following question will be "Differential association theory ".

Explanation:

Sutherland assesses throughout this theory whether an illegal activity is not to be dismissed out of hand by labeling the suspect 'easy'. Like most social education concepts, this theory assumes that such a person's actions are affected and conditioned by certain participants with whom they are associated.

The predominant comparison group seems to be the nuclear family, with whom the adult lives as well as gets older or develops. Such experiences are believed to create an interpretation of social expectations and expectations for entities. The above discovery creates legitimacy for such a theory or concept of differential associations.