Street Peer Group Test

With 12 questions and a 3-minute completion time, the Street Peer Group Test explores the social climate and prosocial orientation of a respondent’s peer group. Results can clarify patterns involving group activities, substance use, conflict, leadership, and pressure, supporting focused self-reflection about peer relationships.

Questions: 123 minutes

Street Peer Group Test: sample question card

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How the Scales are Structured

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Measures how socially oriented versus antisocial the teenager’s street group is.

example score52/60

52/60Typical peer groupexample score

12 – 17Antisocial orientation

18 – 42Mostly entertainment/idleness

43 – 60Typical peer group

A score of 52 falls in the Typical peer group range, suggesting involvement in a socially normative group with varied interests beyond the group.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School psychologists and counselors

41%OF USERS

They use it to quickly spot which students may be influenced by risky peer groups and plan targeted support.

Youth outreach social workers

34%OF USERS

They administer it during street or community work to map a teen’s crew ties and prioritize prevention steps.

Juvenile justice case teams

25%OF USERS

They use it in assessments to understand peer influence patterns and tailor supervision, mentoring, and interventions.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

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Points scoredPs

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Average45.1

Typical rangeTypical37.7 – 52.5

Possible12 – 60

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Every day
- Every other day
- Less often
- In a basement or wandering around on the street
- On the area in front of the building or in the entranceway
- At someone’s apartment
- One
- Several
- None

These are 3 of the 12 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Street Peer Group Test - Description and methodology of the test

deviant behavior

For readers who want to understand how their everyday group environment may shape choices, the Street Peer Group Test offers a focused look at peer dynamics rather than an isolated personal trait. This peer group assessment centers on the degree of prosocial orientation in the group, while the items provide context about atmosphere, habits, leadership, conflict, pressure, and substance use.

What This Assessment Explores

The items treat the peer group as a social environment. They ask about meeting frequency, hangout locations, leadership, substance use, sexual talk, territory, criminal involvement, fights, and reactions when someone leaves. Together, these themes examine prosocial orientation and whether leisure is accompanied by pressure, conflict, or antisocial conduct.

A reader can use this street peer group questionnaire to organize observations about a current or remembered circle. The result describes the pattern represented by the answers, not a permanent label for every member.

The displayed Total Score scale runs from 12 to 60 and uses these bands:

Antisocial orientation (12-17) indicates a pronounced antisocial pattern within the group.
Mostly entertainment/idleness (18-42) describes a group focused on recreation and passing time without clear demands or pressure.
Typical peer group (43-60) indicates ordinary interaction and varied interests beyond the group.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item offers three response choices, usually contrasting higher-risk, intermediate, and lower-risk descriptions. The respondent selects the option that best matches the group. The questionnaire reports a Total Score from 12 to 60, but its response weights and calculation rule are not documented; follow the displayed bands rather than reverse-engineering scoring.

Conceptually, the content is consistent with Dodge and Dishion’s Your Street Crew questionnaire. Read the displayed bands as descriptions of the group pattern represented by selected answers, not separate labels for every member.

Dishion, Patterson, Stoolmiller, and Skinner (1991) provide related evidence on peer group behavior and antisocial-peer pathways, while Dishion, McCord, and Poulin (1999) examine peer-group processes that can amplify problem behavior; neither study validates this questionnaire.

Interpret the result as a snapshot of the group as perceived by one respondent. Current conflict, memory, social desirability, or limited knowledge of other members’ behavior can influence answers. No population norms, reliability estimates, or clinical cutoffs are stated for this questionnaire, so the score organizes self-reflection rather than establishing a diagnosis.

Author: Kenneth A. Dodge, Thomas J. Dishion

Literature:

Sokolov, Ya. V., D. V. Kolesov, S. V. Maksimov, et al. (2003). Civic Education: Grade 6: Textbook for Students, Their Parents, and Teachers. 9th ed. Moscow: Grazhdanin. 157 pp. ISBN 5-88433-009-X.
Dishion, T. J., Patterson, G. R., Stoolmiller, M., & Skinner, M. L. (1991). Family, School, and Behavioral Antecedents to Early Adolescent Involvement with Antisocial Peers. Developmental Psychology, 27(1), 172-180. 10.1037/0012-1649.27.1.172
Dishion, T. J., McCord, J., & Poulin, F. (1999). When Interventions Harm: Peer Groups and Problem Behavior. American Psychologist, 54(9), 755-764. 10.1037/0003-066X.54.9.755

Updated: 2025-10-02