What is the meaning of this sentence?
"such as projection, which is the situation when a respondent reports his/her own delinquency when perceiving how delinquent his/ her peers have behaved."

Does it means the report of their own delinquency is based on the peers' behaviors?

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What is the meaning of this sentence?
"such as projection, which is the situation when a respondent reports his/her own delinquency when perceiving how delinquent his/ her peers have behaved."

Does it means the report of their own delinquency is based on the peers' behaviors?

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The English is rather odd. Can you give us a reference? I wonder if it hasn't been transcribed correctly, or hasn't been written by a native speaker.
I think it's actually the other way around. When asked to describe the delinquency of others, they describe themselves instead.