And so were a lot of you, apparently :) According to the Toronto Star, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics is the ?rst to provide evidence that an early preference for different types of noisy, rebellious, nonmainstream music genres is a strong predictor of concurrent and later minor delinquency. "We were stunned ourselves," said Dr. Tom Ter Bogt of Utrecht University in the Netherlands said. "We checked it over and over again." Research showed that "early preferences are more important predictors of later delinquency compared with developing preferences for deviant music (i.e., increases in liking of nonmainstream music across adolescence did not indicate more delinquency at age 16). Speci?cally, adolescents with a strong early preference for music types that have been labeled as deviant (hip-hop, heavy metal, gothic, punk, and techno/hardhouse) were more engaged in minor delinquency in late adolescence." Ter Bogt told the Toronto Star: "What we believe happens if you have this taste for rebellious music, noisy music, it brings you in contact with other kids with the same type of music taste and you are contaminated by the behaviour in that group. "If you listen to classical music or jazz, overall these kids tend to behave far less dramatically." He added: "I would suggest to parents if your 12-year-old child listens to very, very noisy music, rebellious music, be aware of what kinds of friends he or she brings to the house." Read more from the Toronto Starhttp://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927877#msg-927877Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:11 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,928094#msg-928094 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,928094#msg-928094 rocknut NoticeboardThu, 24 Jan 2013 21:52:07 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,928091#msg-928091 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,928091#msg-928091 Scott Watson NoticeboardThu, 24 Jan 2013 21:03:23 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,928001#msg-928001 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,928001#msg-928001
I remember the comments the regular policeman passed on to me at Buckley Tivoli, North Wales on the Thursday rock nights 1988-90 - "we only send one PC along on rock nights and even then, its to stop the taxis double parking and to oggle the girlies, there's never any trouble from this crowd, however disco night, ladies night and alternative night - all hell breaks loose."]]> Chazz NoticeboardThu, 24 Jan 2013 03:31:11 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927967#msg-927967 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927967#msg-927967 Scott Watson NoticeboardWed, 23 Jan 2013 21:11:33 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927955#msg-927955 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927955#msg-927955 Ydde NoticeboardWed, 23 Jan 2013 18:30:40 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927896#msg-927896 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927896#msg-927896 Robert Evans NoticeboardWed, 23 Jan 2013 05:55:06 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927882#msg-927882 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927882#msg-927882 rocknut NoticeboardWed, 23 Jan 2013 03:53:00 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927877#msg-927877 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,927877,927877#msg-927877
According to the Toronto Star, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics is the ?rst to provide evidence that an early preference for different types of noisy, rebellious, nonmainstream music genres is a strong predictor of concurrent and later minor delinquency.

"We were stunned ourselves," said Dr. Tom Ter Bogt of Utrecht University in the Netherlands said. "We checked it over and over again."

Research showed that "early preferences are more important predictors of later delinquency compared with developing preferences for deviant music (i.e., increases in liking of nonmainstream music across adolescence did not indicate more delinquency at age 16). Speci?cally, adolescents with a strong early preference for music types that have been labeled as deviant (hip-hop, heavy metal, gothic, punk, and techno/hardhouse) were more engaged in minor delinquency in late adolescence."

Ter Bogt told the Toronto Star: "What we believe happens if you have this taste for rebellious music, noisy music, it brings you in contact with other kids with the same type of music taste and you are contaminated by the behaviour in that group.

"If you listen to classical music or jazz, overall these kids tend to behave far less dramatically."

He added: "I would suggest to parents if your 12-year-old child listens to very, very noisy music, rebellious music, be aware of what kinds of friends he or she brings to the house."

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