Late-Adolescent Delinquency

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 1433-1458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tia Stevens ◽  
Merry Morash ◽  
Suyeon Park
Keyword(s):  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Delinquency ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Community Characteristics ◽  
School Contexts ◽  
Delinquent Girls ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
Criminological Theories

Based on resilience and feminist criminological theories, several individual, family, and community characteristics were hypothesized to predict late-adolescent delinquency for girls varying in early-adolescent risk. Girls aged 12 and 13 were interviewed each year as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Predictors of late-adolescent delinquency were compared for girls in and below the top 10% in self-reported early-adolescent delinquency. Girls who were higher in delinquency in early adolescence were resilient by 2002 if they had no incarcerated family members and high parental monitoring. Girls with little or no early delinquency were at risk for illegal activity by age 17 primarily due to contextual adversities, low hope for the future, poverty status, and minority racial status. Persistently delinquent girls require programming to address multiple risk and protective factors over an extended time. To prevent delinquency beginning later in adolescence, girls need safe community and school contexts.

Cascading peer dynamics underlying the progression from problem behavior to violence in early to late adolescence

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Dishion ◽  
Marie-Hélène Véronneau ◽  
Michael W. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Cascade Model ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Deviancy Training ◽  
Gang Involvement ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Peer Dynamics

AbstractThis study examined the peer dynamics linking early adolescent problem behavior, school marginalization, and low academic performance to multiple indices of late adolescent violence (arrests, parent report, and youth report) in an ethnically diverse sample of 998 males and females. A cascade model was proposed in which early adolescent risk factors assessed at age 11 to 12 predict gang involvement at age 13 to 14, which in turn, predicts deviancy training with friends at age 16 to 17, which then predicts violence by age 18 to 19. Each construct in the model was assessed with multiple measures and methods. Structural equation modeling revealed that the cascade model fit the data well, with problem behavior, school marginalization, and low academic performance significantly predicting gang involvement 2 years later. Gang involvement, in turn, predicted deviancy training with a friend, which predicted violence. The best fitting model included an indirect and direct path between early adolescent gang involvement and later violence. These findings suggest the need to carefully consider peer clustering into gangs in efforts to prevent individual and aggregate levels of violence, especially in youths who may be disengaged, marginalized, or academically unsuccessful in the public school context.

scholarly journals Early adolescent alcohol use in context: How neighborhoods, parents, and peers impact youth

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa M. Trucco ◽  
Craig R. Colder ◽  
William F. Wieczorek ◽  
Liliana J. Lengua ◽  
Larry W. Hawk
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Ecological Models ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Adolescent Delinquency ◽  
Indirect Pathway ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol Use ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol ◽  
Delinquent Peers

AbstractDevelopmental–ecological models are useful for integrating risk factors across multiple contexts and conceptualizing mediational pathways for adolescent alcohol use, yet these comprehensive models are rarely tested. This study used a developmental–ecological framework to investigate the influence of neighborhood, family, and peer contexts on alcohol use in early adolescence (N = 387). Results from a multi-informant longitudinal cross-lagged mediation path model suggested that high levels of neighborhood disadvantage were associated with high levels of alcohol use 2 years later via an indirect pathway that included exposure to delinquent peers and adolescent delinquency. Results also indicated that adolescent involvement with delinquent peers and alcohol use led to decrements in parenting, rather than being consequences of poor parenting. Overall, the study supported hypothesized relationships among key microsystems thought to influence adolescent alcohol use, and thus findings underscore the utility of developmental–ecological models of alcohol use.

Scared or Attached? Unraveling Important Links in Strain–Crime Relationships Among School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 1175-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Kuptsevych-Timmer ◽  
Olena Antonaccio ◽  
Ekaterina V. Botchkovar ◽  
William R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adolescent Delinquency ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Decomposition Procedure ◽  
Theory Of Crime ◽  
General Strain ◽  
The Relationship

Drawing on general strain theory of crime, the study employs the survey data from a random sample of 600 school students in Lviv, Ukraine, to examine how sanction risks and social bonds mediate and moderate the relationship between strain and adolescent delinquency. Findings from negative binomial regressions and the KHB decomposition procedure demonstrate that fear of sanctions and levels of social control mediate the relationships between strain and delinquency to a different degree, depending on the type of strain experienced. Results concerning conditioning effects are mixed, with only parental monitoring found to be a moderator of the strain–delinquency link. However, the direction of the interaction effect is unexpected. Future research needs to improve the specification of strain models and evaluate them in other sociocultural contexts.

scholarly journals Aggression In Adolescent Chakma Tribal Students As A Function Of Gender And Stage Of Development

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Rasel Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Group ◽  
Stage Of Development

Aggression behaviour in 160 adult Chakma tribal students was studied. The subjects were equally divided into boys and girls. Each category was again subdivided into early adolescent and late adolescent. Age of early adolescent group ranged from 11 to 14 years and late adolescent group ranged from 15 to 18 years. Thus, the study used a 2×2 factorial design representing two levels of gender (boy versus girl) and two levels of stage of development (early versus late adolescence). The measure of aggressive behaviour was administered on the sample for data collection. It was found that regardless of stage of development, boys expressed significantly higher rates of aggression than girls. Similarly, regardless of gender, respondents at early adolescent stage expressed significantly higher rates of aggression than the respondents at late adolescent stage. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jles.v6i0.9722 JLES 2011 6: 59-63

scholarly journals Perceived Parental Monitoring and Health Risk Behavior among Public Secondary School Students in El Salvador

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1810-1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Springer ◽  
Shreela Sharma ◽  
Alba Margarita de Guardado ◽  
Francisco Vázquez Nava ◽  
Steven H. Kelder
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Adolescent Risk

Although parental monitoring has received considerable attention in studies of U.S. adolescents, few published studies have examined how parents' knowledge of their children's whereabouts may influence health risk behaviors in adolescents living in Latin America. We investigated the association between perceived parental monitoring and substance use, fighting, and sexual behaviors in rural and urban Salvadoran adolescents (n = 982). After adjusting for several sociodemographic covariates, multilevel regression analyses indicated that students reporting low parental monitoring were between 2 to 3.5 times more likely to report risk behaviors examined. The promotion of specific parenting practices such as parental monitoring may hold promise for reducing adolescent risk behaviors in El Salvador.

scholarly journals Early adolescent temperament, parental monitoring, and substance use in Mexican-origin adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Angus Clark ◽  
M. Brent Donnellan ◽  
Richard W. Robins ◽  
Rand D. Conger
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Mexican Origin

Understanding Physical Activity through the Experiences of Adolescent Girls

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hope E. Yungblut ◽  
Robert J. Schinke ◽  
Kerry R. McGannon ◽  
Mark A. Eys
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Physical Activity Programming ◽  
Gender Specific

Researchers have found that female youths are particularly vulnerable to withdrawing from sport and physical activity programs in early adolescence (see Active Healthy Kids Canada, 2010). However, there is an absence of a comprehensive, emic description of how female adolescents experience physical activity. Open-ended, semi-structured interviews were conducted individually with 15 early adolescent females (12–14 years old) and 20 middle and late adolescent females (15–18years old). Co-participants in the mid to late adolescent cohort provided retrospective accounts of their early adolescent experiences along with insight on how their experiences shaped their current participation. The girls’ voices were brought to the forefront through composite vignettes that highlight their physical activity experiences, integrating the words used by the co-participants. Results are discussed in relation to physical activity programming for adolescent females and why a qualitative approach is useful in contributing to gender-specific physical activity programming.

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