Abstract
Primary socialization theory (PST) is a recent advance in the psychological literature to help understand the role of peers in delinquency. The theory posits that family, schools, and personality will influence delinquent behavior through peers. That is, peers have the most important role in socializing for delinquency. Using a subsample (N = 383) of the longitudinal GREAT data, the results from semi‐parametric group‐based modeling (SGM) suggested five distinct groups of nonsocial reinforcement (one trajectory exhibited little to no nonsocial reinforcement, another group appeared to have a low but stable rate of nonsocial reinforcement, one trajectory appears to be increasing then decreasing, another trajectory is decreasing, and another trajectory is increasing). This study partially supports PST by showing that other measures have links with the developmental trajectories.
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