Deviant behaviour such as violence, substance abuse, and the development of clinical disorders is often associated with peer influence and society. It is agreed that peers and society highly impact the behaviour of an individual, especially during adolescence; however, an individual first learns and encounters their first influences through family, particularly parents.
The adolescents that have a less secure attachment with their parents are more likely to compensate for their emotional disturbances by engaging in anti-social and/or deviant behaviour. Such a pattern of inadequate relationships and deviant behaviour may lead adolescents to become juvenile offenders with severe mental and personality disorders. In addition, that child abuse is also a predictor of mental illness such as depression and psychopathology. However, as parental attachment increases, so does peer attachment, which is logical because if a child develops a healthy attachment with parents, that child will have a better ability to form healthy relationships in adolescence and adulthood.
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