Investigating the Association Between Posttraumatic Risky Behavior and Offending in Adolescents Involved in the Juvenile Justice System.

Risky behavior is common among traumatized youth and is associated with juvenile offending. This study examined predictors of posttraumatic risky behavior, the unique contribution of posttraumatic risky behavior in predicting offending, and tested whether a distinct class of youth was characterized...

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Publicado en:Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 48; no. 10; pp. 1952 - 1967
Autores principales: Modrowski, Crosby A., Kerig, Patricia K.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2019
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          Modrowski, Crosby A.
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          Rhode Island Hospital, Bradley/Hasbro Research Center, Coro Building West, 1 Hoppin St., Suite 2204, 02903, Providence, RI, USA
          Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380s 1530 e BehS 502, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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        Juvenile delinquency
        Post-traumatic stress disorder
        Emotional trauma
        Risk-taking behavior
        Self-evaluation
        Teenagers' conduct of life
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          Juvenile delinquency
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        Juvenile justice
        Juvenile offending
        Posttraumatic risky behavior
        Trauma exposure
        Juvenile justice
        Juvenile offending
        Posttraumatic risky behavior
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      ab: Risky behavior is common among traumatized youth and is associated with juvenile offending. This study examined predictors of posttraumatic risky behavior, the unique contribution of posttraumatic risky behavior in predicting offending, and tested whether a distinct class of youth was characterized by high levels of posttraumatic risky behavior. Participants were 400 adolescents (25% girls) between the ages of 12 and 19 years old (M = 15.97, SD = 1.25) who were involved in the Utah juvenile justice system. Approximately 54% of the sample identified as an ethnic minority. Youth completed self-report measures of trauma exposure, posttraumatic risky behavior, posttraumatic stress symptom severity, and offending. Formal legal records of offending were also collected. The results indicated that female sex was significantly related to posttraumatic risky behavior, though age was not significantly associated with posttraumatic risky behavior. Age and ethnicity were associated with both self-reported and formal offending, and male sex was associated with formal offending. Posttraumatic risky behavior was not related to formal offending, but was related to self-reported offending in some of the tested models. Latent class analysis identified 92 youth characterized by high levels of posttraumatic risky behavior; these youth also evidenced the highest rates of trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress symptom severity, and self-reported offending. There were no ethnic, age, or sex differences between youth in the high and low posttraumatic risky behavior groups. These results add to the extant literature documenting the associations among exposure to trauma, posttraumatic stress, and juvenile offending.
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