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Harris CE, Carter S, Powers A, Bradley B. Impulsivity Mediates the Link between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Juvenile Incarceration among Low-Income African American Women. JOURNAL OF AGGRESSION, MALTREATMENT & TRAUMA 2019; 30:389-409. [PMID: 34093000 PMCID: PMC8171029 DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2019.1692981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A history of childhood trauma has been found to have a robust influence on juvenile delinquency, and evidence suggests that childhood sexual abuse is particularly common among female youth involved in the juvenile justice system. The current study sought to investigate impulsivity as a potential mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and juvenile incarceration amongst a community sample of low-income, urban, African American adult women. Although impulsivity has been studied among justice-involved youth, few studies have examined the influence of impulsivity within the relationship between CSA and juvenile incarceration and no known studies have explored their relationship in community populations of African American women with histories of juvenile incarceration. Results revealed that impulsivity mediated the relationship between CSA and previous juvenile incarceration. As an exploratory analysis, overall emotion dysregulation as well as other facets of emotion dysregulation did not serve as significant mediators in this relationship. These findings suggest that difficulties in impulse control may be one mechanism through which childhood sexual abuse increases risk for juvenile justice system involvement among African American women.
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- Emory University School of Medicine and Atlanta VA Medical Center
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Effects of physical education, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on adolescent aggressive behavior: A latent growth modeling approach. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174674. [PMID: 28410365 PMCID: PMC5391921 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal influence of physical education classes, extracurricular sports activities, and leisure satisfaction on aggressive behavior among South Korean adolescents. Data were drawn from the Korea Youth Panel Survey. We used latent growth curve modeling to explain the growth trajectory of adolescent aggressive behaviors and a multi-group analysis to investigate gender differences in aggressive behavior. The results indicated that adolescents’ aggressive behavior significantly changed with age. There were significant gender-based differences in the level of and changes in aggressive behavior over time. Both extracurricular sports activities and leisure satisfaction had significant influences on the changes in adolescents’ aggressive behavior with age, whereas physical education classes did not.
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Fragkaki I, Cima M, Meesters C. The Association Between Callous-Unemotional Traits, Externalizing Problems, and Gender in Predicting Cognitive and Affective Morality Judgments in Adolescence. J Youth Adolesc 2016; 45:1917-30. [PMID: 27334400 PMCID: PMC4982886 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0527-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Morality deficits have been linked to callous-unemotional traits and externalizing problems in response to moral dilemmas, but these associations are still obscure in response to antisocial acts in adolescence. Limited evidence on young boys suggested that callous-unemotional traits and externalizing problems were associated with affective but not cognitive morality judgments. The present study investigated these associations in a community sample of 277 adolescents (M age = 15.35, 64 % females). Adolescents with high callous-unemotional traits showed deficits in affective but not cognitive morality, indicating that they can identify the appropriate moral emotions in others, but experience deviant moral emotions when imagining themselves committing antisocial acts. Externalizing problems and male gender were also strongly related to deficits in affective morality, but they had smaller associations with deficits in cognitive morality too. Implications for treatment and the justice system are discussed.
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- Iro Fragkaki
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, 6211 LK, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Claro A, Boulanger MM, Shaw SR. Targeting Vulnerabilities to Risky Behavior: an Intervention for Promoting Adaptive Emotion Regulation in Adolescents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s40688-015-0063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Anger in pathological gambling: clinical, psychopathological, and personality correlates. SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2015; 17:E39. [PMID: 25011386 DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2014.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The aim of this study was to explore the association between pathological gambling (PG) and anger by assessing whether psychopathology and personality are related to PG and to evaluate gender differences. The sample comprised 71 PGs and 37 healthy controls. Anger, psychopathology and personality were assessed with the STAXI-2, SCL-90-R and TCI-R respectively. Gender did not affect anger expression after stratifying by diagnostic condition (p > .05). Among PG patients, anger, psychopathology and personality measures were correlated with good effect-size (r > .30). Scores in the Anger Temperament (B = 0.21, p = .038) and Anger External-Expression (B = 0.27, p = .029) scales were positively associated with PG severity scores. Anger expression in PG should be considered in future treatment programs.
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Fries L, Grogan-Kaylor A, Bares C, Han Y, Delva J. Gender Differences in Predictors of Self-Reported Physical Aggression: Exploring Theoretically Relevant Dimensions among Adolescents from Santiago, Chile. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 2. [PMID: 24392266 DOI: 10.1037/a0034533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Research findings remain unclear on whether different factors predict aggression for adolescent men and women. Given that aggression research is rarely conducted with Latin American populations, the current study used multiple imputation and linear regression to assess gender differences in levels and predictors of self-reported physical aggression among a community sample of young (ages 11 through 17) men (n=504) and women (n = 471) from Santiago, Chile. Results revealed that adolescent women reported engaging in higher levels of physical aggression than men. The variables found to be significantly associated with higher levels of reported aggression-younger age, less family involvement, less parental control, less positive relationships with caregivers, having more friends who act out and use substances, having fewer friends committed to learning, presence of dating violence, and more exposure to neighborhood crime-were not moderated by gender, implying that similar factors are related to aggression in adolescent men and women from Chile. Implications for prevention and intervention efforts to address high-risk adolescents and reduce aggression among Chilean youth are discussed.
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- Lauren Fries
- Lauren Fries, School of Social Work, Michigan State University. Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Cristina Bares, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Yoonsun Han, Population Research Center & Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas, Austin. Jorge Delva, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
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- Lauren Fries, School of Social Work, Michigan State University. Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Cristina Bares, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Yoonsun Han, Population Research Center & Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas, Austin. Jorge Delva, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
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- Lauren Fries, School of Social Work, Michigan State University. Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Cristina Bares, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Yoonsun Han, Population Research Center & Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas, Austin. Jorge Delva, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
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- Lauren Fries, School of Social Work, Michigan State University. Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Cristina Bares, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Yoonsun Han, Population Research Center & Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas, Austin. Jorge Delva, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
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- Lauren Fries, School of Social Work, Michigan State University. Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Cristina Bares, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Yoonsun Han, Population Research Center & Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas, Austin. Jorge Delva, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Hart CO, Mueller CE. SCHOOL DELINQUENCY AND SOCIAL BOND FACTORS: EXPLORING GENDERED DIFFERENCES AMONG A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF 10TH GRADERS. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/pits.21662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Taylor MJ, Merritt SM, Austin CC. Negative Affect, Delinquency, and Alcohol Use Among Rural and Urban African-American Adolescents: A Brief Report. JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/1067828x.2012.729923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Feiring C, Simon VA, Cleland CM, Barrett EP. Potential pathways from stigmatization and externalizing behavior to anger and dating aggression in sexually abused youth. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 2012; 42:309-22. [PMID: 23148553 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.736083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Although experiencing childhood sexual abuse (CSA) puts youth at risk for involvement in relationship violence, research is limited on the potential pathways from CSA to subsequent dating aggression. The current study examined prospective pathways from externalizing behavior problems and stigmatization (abuse-specific shame and self-blame attributions) to anger and dating aggression. One hundred sixty youth (73% female, 69% ethnic/racial minorities) with confirmed CSA histories were interviewed at the time of abuse discovery (T1, when they were 8-15 years of age), and again 1 and 6 years later (T2 and T3). Externalizing behavior and abuse-specific stigmatization were assessed at T1 and T2. Anger and dating aggression were assessed at T3. The structural equation model findings supported the proposed relations from stigmatization following the abuse to subsequent dating aggression through anger. Only externalizing behavior at T1 was related to later dating aggression, and externalizing was not related to subsequent anger. This longitudinal research suggests that clinical interventions for victims of CSA be sensitive to the different pathways by which youth come to experience destructive conflict behavior in their romantic relationships.
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- Candice Feiring
- Center for Youth Relationship Development, The College of New Jersey, Ewing 08628–0718, USA.
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Coyne CA, D’Onofrio BM. Some (but not much) progress toward understanding teenage childbearing: a review of research from the past decade. ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR 2012; 42:113-52. [PMID: 22675905 PMCID: PMC3654402 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394388-0.00004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In the decade and a half since Coley and Chase-Lansdale's (1998) review of teenage childbearing, there have been a number of studies investigating teenage childbearing from a developmental psychological perspective. Many of these studies have focused primarily on identifying individual, familial, and socioeconomic risk factors in childhood and adolescence that are highly correlated with teenage sexual behavior and teenage childbearing. We have an emerging understanding of teenage childbearing as the culmination of a complex cascade of experiences and decisions that overlap greatly with the risks for antisocial behavior. Much of this research, however, is limited by its reliance on correlational and cross-sectional research designs, which are not able to rigorously test causal inferences or to identify mechanisms associated with teenage childbearing. Innovative studies using large, nationally representative samples with quasi-experimental and longitudinal designs can expand on such descriptive studies. In particular, quasi-experimental studies can help answer questions about which risk factors are causally associated with teenage childbearing and suggest potential mechanisms that can explain how teenage childbearing is associated with poor outcomes. Future studies also will need to incorporate more precise measures of developmental processes and explore heterogeneity among adolescent mothers. Although advances have been made in the psychological study of teenage childbearing, more research is needed in order to answer important questions about which psychological processes are causally related to teenage childbearing and how teenage childbearing is associated with poor outcomes for young mothers and their offspring,
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- Claire A. Coyne
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
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DeGruy J, Kjellstrand JM, Briggs HE, Brennan EM. Racial Respect and Racial Socialization as Protective Factors for African American Male Youth. JOURNAL OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGY 2011. [DOI: 10.1177/0095798411429744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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African American adolescents must negotiate the transition to adulthood in a society that makes the achievement of positive cultural identity and self-respect difficult. Frequently, young men turn to violence in an attempt to achieve respect in their communities. This article explores factors that predict the use of violence among African American male youth. Adolescents from 14 through 18 years of age who completed a written survey in group settings in Oregon included 100 youth who were detained in the juvenile justice system and 100 who were members of a community youth development program. A history of witnessing violence strongly predicted the intensity of violent behavior of study youth; however, endorsing positive attitudes toward racial respect significantly moderated the effects of chronic exposure to violence. Additionally, racial socialization was negatively correlated to violence intensity and was marginally significant in moderating the effects of witnessing violence. Implications for practice with male African American youth are highlighted.
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- Joy DeGruy
- Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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Roos S, Salmivalli C, Hodges EVE. Person × Context Effects on Anticipated Moral Emotions Following Aggression. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Evaluation of the interactionist model of socioeconomic status and problem behavior: a developmental cascade across generations. Dev Psychopathol 2010; 22:695-713. [PMID: 20576188 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579410000374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The current multigenerational study evaluates the utility of the interactionist model of socioeconomic influence on human development (IMSI) in explaining problem behaviors across generations. The IMSI proposes that the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and human development involves a dynamic interplay that includes both social causation (SES influences human development) and social selection (individual characteristics affect SES). As part of the developmental cascade proposed by the IMSI, the findings from this investigation showed that Generation 1 (G1) adolescent problem behavior predicted later G1 SES, family stress, and parental emotional investments, as well as the next generation of children's problem behavior. These results are consistent with a social selection view. Consistent with the social causation perspective, we found a significant relation between G1 SES and family stress, and in turn, family stress predicted Generation 2 (G2) problem behavior. Finally, G1 adult SES predicted both material and emotional investments in the G2 child. In turn, emotional investments predicted G2 problem behavior, as did material investments. Some of the predicted pathways varied by G1 parent gender. The results are consistent with the view that processes of both social selection and social causation account for the association between SES and human development.
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Graber JA, Nichols T, Lynne SD, Brooks-Gunn J, Botvin GJ. A Longitudinal Examination of Family, Friend, and Media Influences on Competent Versus Problem Behaviors Among Urban Minority Youth. APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE 2010. [DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads1002_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Chun H, Mobley M. Gender and grade-level comparisons in the structure of problem behaviors among adolescents. J Adolesc 2010; 33:197-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Revised: 03/21/2009] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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“It Makes Me a Man from the Beating I Took”: Gender and Aggression in Children’s Narratives About Conflict. SEX ROLES 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9636-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nichols TR, Mahadeo M, Bryant K, Botvin GJ. Examining anger as a predictor of drug use among multiethnic middle school students. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH 2008; 78:480-486. [PMID: 18786040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anger, a component of negative affect, has previously been associated with increased drug use primarily among white high school-aged students. However, few studies have examined these associations over time, and fewer have examined them among younger adolescents and students of color. Affective factors may play a greater role in drug use for girls relative to boys; yet, little is known regarding differences in associations between affect and drug use by gender. METHODS The current study used data from the control condition (N = 2025) of a drug and violence preventive intervention trial to examine the association between self-reported anger levels among multiethnic urban adolescents in the sixth grade and their use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana use 1 year later. Potential gender differences were examined as well. RESULTS Multivariate generalized estimating equations models found anger to be significantly associated with increases in smoking, drinking, and marijuana use. There were no significant gender differences found for any of the drug use outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Results are consistent with studies conducted on primarily white high school youth, where anger had a small but significant effect on drug use over time. The findings also suggest that drug prevention programs should include emotion regulation skills, such as anger management, in addition to drug resistance skills.
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- Tracy R Nichols
- Center for Women's Health and Wellness, School of Health and Human Performance, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
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Nichols TR, Birnbaum AS, Bryant K, Botvin GJ. Lunchtime practices and problem behaviors among multiethnic urban youth. HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR 2008; 36:570-82. [PMID: 18319362 DOI: 10.1177/1090198107313472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Research has begun to show associations between adolescents' mealtime practices and their engagement in problem behaviors. Few studies have addressed this longitudinally and/or examined lunchtime practices during the school day. This study tests for associations between urban multiethnic middle school students' (N = 1498) lunchtime practices in the sixth grade and their engagement in problem behaviors by eighth grade. Positive associations were found between not eating lunch at school in the sixth grade and increased drug use and delinquency by eighth grade. Eating lunch outside of school was found to be significantly associated with smoking and marijuana use only. Gender differences in associations between lunchtime practices and problem behaviors were suggested. Implications for school policy and prevention efforts are discussed.
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- Tracy R Nichols
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Health and Human Performance, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
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Feiring C, Miller-Johnson S, Cleland CM. Potential pathways from stigmatization and internalizing symptoms to delinquency in sexually abused youth. CHILD MALTREATMENT 2007; 12:220-32. [PMID: 17631622 DOI: 10.1177/1077559507301840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Although childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been linked to risk for delinquency, research is limited on the potential pathways from CSA to subsequent delinquent outcomes. A total of 160 youth with confirmed CSA histories were interviewed at the time of abuse discovery, when they were 8 to 15 years of age, and again 1 and 6 years later. The findings supported the proposed relations from stigmatization following the abuse (abuse-specific shame and self-blame attributions) and internalizing symptoms to subsequent delinquency through anger and affiliation with deviant peers. This longitudinal research suggests that clinical interventions for victims of CSA must be sensitive to these affective and cognitive processes and how they affect delinquent activity.
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- Candice Feiring
- Center for Youth Relationship Development SSB 139, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA.
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Lynne SD, Graber JA, Nichols TR, Brooks-Gunn J, Botvin GJ. Links between pubertal timing, peer influences, and externalizing behaviors among urban students followed through middle school. J Adolesc Health 2007; 40:181.e7-13. [PMID: 17259062 PMCID: PMC2744148 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2006] [Revised: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate underlying mechanisms of the association between early pubertal timing and both aggression and delinquency among a sample of minority males and females from an urban community. METHODS The association between perceived early pubertal maturation and aggressive or delinquent behaviors for African American and Latino males and females (n = 1366) was examined, as well as pathways between early maturation and these negative outcomes longitudinally across 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. RESULTS Early maturers reported higher mean levels of both aggression and delinquency at all time points regardless of gender or ethnicity. Associating with delinquent peers in 6th grade fully mediated the association between early maturation and both aggression and delinquency at all time points. Early maturers did not differentially associate with greater numbers of delinquent peers in either 7th or 8th grade. CONCLUSIONS These results provide valuable information regarding at-risk groups and inform future intervention efforts.
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- Sarah D Lynne
- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-2250, USA.
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