Other potential moderators of consequence include parental socialization and the quality of peer relationships. There is evidence within the literature, for example, denoting an interplay between parental and peer influences on externalizing behavior that has not been addressed here (Lansford et al., 2003). Moreover, work specific to the influences of antisocial peers suggests that although the quality of adolescents’ peer relationships is not directly associated with their own delinquent behavior, having higher quality relationships with antisocial friends may exacerbate the influence of peer group deviance on one’s own behavior (Laird et al., 1999).
