Protecting Against Delinquency in Early Adolescence With Nonverbal Intelligence and Neighborhood Social Capital

2021 ◽  
pp. 027243162110203
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Walters

The goal of this study was to test nonverbal intelligence and neighborhood social capital as protective factors against future delinquency in early adolescent youth placed at risk by virtue of their involvement in childhood conduct problems. Analyzing longitudinal data from 3,028 youth (1,565 boys, 1,463 girls) in one cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and 3,682 youth (1,896 boys, 1,786 girls) in a second cohort of the LSAC, nonverbal intelligence, as measured by the Matrix Reasoning subscale of the WISC-IV, displayed a consistent moderating effect on the conduct problems–future delinquency relationship. According to these results, conduct problems were slightly but significantly less likely to lead to delinquency when nonverbal intelligence was high than when it was low or moderate. By shielding at-risk children from future delinquency, protective factors like high nonverbal intelligence may provide a means by which delinquency can be prevented or reduced.

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene M. Moretti ◽  
Candice Odgers ◽  
N. Dickon Reppucci ◽  
Nicole L.A. Catherine

<span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Until recently, research on serious conduct problems focused primarily on boys and men. In the past decade, however, we have gained a better understanding of the unique and shared risk and protective factors for girls and boys, and the role of gender in relation to developmental pathways associated with such problems. In this paper we discuss findings from the Gender and Aggression Project on risk and protective factors for girls who are perpetrators but also victims of violence. We discuss our findings from a developmental perspective, with the goal of understanding how exposure to adversity and violence early in life places girls at risk for aggression and violence, among other problems, and how continued exposure to trauma and the disruption of interpersonal and self-regulatory developmental processes cascades into ever deeper and broader problems. This research points more clearly to the need for  accessible, evidence-based, and developmentally sensitive intervention.</span>


Author(s):  
Mary Kay Gugerty ◽  
Dean Karlan

This case explores two common challenges facing organizations around the world: how to collect the right amount of data, and how to credibly use outcome data collected during program monitoring. Health promoters at Un Kilo de Ayuda (UKA) in Mexico use regularly collected health data on more than 50,000 children to structure their work, track their progress, and identify at-risk children in time to treat health problems. In this case, readers will assess the tradeoffs between actionability and responsibility that UKA faces in determining how much data to collect. They will also examine the challenges of monitoring data on a program’s outcomes instead of outputs, particularly when it comes to asserting a program’s impact on those outcomes. Finally, readers will propose ways to generate credible data on one of the organization’s programs when plans for an impact evaluation fall through.


Author(s):  
Elisa Rissanen ◽  
Virpi Kuvaja‐Köllner ◽  
Henrik Elonheimo ◽  
Lauri Sillanmäki ◽  
André Sourander ◽  
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Author(s):  
Danielle Martins Ferreira ◽  
Jessica Klöckner Knorst ◽  
Gabriele Rissotto Menegazzo ◽  
Gabriela Bohrer Bolsson ◽  
Thiago Machado Ardenghi

Author(s):  
Katherine Y H Chen ◽  
Leanne Saxon ◽  
Colin Robertson ◽  
Harriet Hiscock

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