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This version was published on June 1, 2008
Youth & Society, Vol. 39, No. 4, 435-452 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X07308069
© 2008 SAGE Publications

Heavy Metal and Hip-Hop Style Preferences and Externalizing Problem Behavior

A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study

Maarten H. W. Selfhout

Utrecht University, Netherlands, m.h.w.selfhout{at}fss.uu.nl

Marc J. M. H. Delsing

Utrecht University, Netherlands

Tom F. M. ter Bogt

Utrecht University, Netherlands

Wim H. J. Meeus

Utrecht University, Netherlands

This study examines (a) the stability of Dutch adolescents' preferences for heavy metal and hip-hop youth culture styles, (b) longitudinal associations between their preferences and externalizing problem behavior, and (c) the moderating role of gender in these associations. Questionnaire data were gathered from 931 adolescents between the ages of 11 and 18 years in two waves with a 2-year interval. Results suggest that preferences for heavy metal and hip-hop youth culture styles are moderately stable over a 2-year period. Preference for the hip-hop style was found to predict later externalizing problems in both boys and girls. Preference for the heavy metal style predicted later externalizing problems exclusively in boys. Adolescents' externalizing problems did not predict later preferences for hip-hop or heavy metal.

Key Words: heavy metal • hip-hop • youth culture style preferences • externalizing problem behavior • adolescents


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