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Abstract
Ninth grade students showed a higher incidence of delinquency compared to students in other grades.
- Peer delinquency is strongly correlated with individual student delinquency.
- High involvement in sports and commercial/entertainment activities is associated with increased delinquent behavior.
- The strongest predictor of delinquent behavior among peer and social factors is the level of peer delinquency.
- Frequent class skipping and school suspensions are significant predictors of delinquent behavior among school-related factors.
- Students' academic grades do not significantly improve predictions of delinquent behavior.
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