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Moderator analysis on the effects of sibling delinquency on target sibling delinquency.

Moderator analysis on the effects of sibling delinquency on target sibling delinquency.

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Deviant siblings have been considered as role models for future delinquent behavior; however, previous studies have led to inconsistent results in this regard. The goal of the current meta-analysis was to analyze the effect of deviant non-twin siblings on future delinquency. The potential moderation effects of birth order, sex dyad, age of siblings...

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... further probe this effect, birth order (i.e., older sibling, younger sibling) was included as a predictor in the metaregression analysis. The results of the moderator analysis are displayed in Table 2. Birth order showed no moderating effects on the association between sibling delinquency and future involvement in delinquent behavior. ...
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... results reflected that the effect of sibling delinquency was not moderated either by age of sibling, age of target sibling, and publication year of the study (Table 2). Cumulative meta-analysis regarding sample size was performed, introducing first the studies with the smallest sample sizes. ...