An Evaluation of Dual Systems Theories of Adolescent Delinquency in a Normative Longitudinal Cohort Study of Youth.

Dual systems theories of adolescent risk-taking propose that the socioemotional and self-regulation systems develop at different rates, resulting in a peak in sensation-seeking in adolescence at a time when self-regulation abilities are not yet fully mature. This "developmental imbalance" between bo...

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Publicado en:Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 1293 - 1308
Autores principales: Murray, Aja Louise, Zhu, Xinxin, Mirman, Jessica Hafetz, Ribeaud, Denis, Eisner, Manuel
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2021
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          Murray, Aja Louise
          Zhu, Xinxin
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          Ribeaud, Denis
          Eisner, Manuel
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          Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
          Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
          Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
          Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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        Systems theory
        Juvenile delinquency
        Risk-taking behavior
        Senses
        Substance abuse
        Self-management (Psychology)
        Distracted driving
        Unsafe sex
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          Juvenile delinquency
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          Substance abuse
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        Adolescent risk-taking
        Delinquency
        Dual systems theory
        Self-regulation
        Sensation-seeking
        Adolescent risk-taking
        Delinquency
        Dual systems theory
        Self-regulation
        Sensation-seeking
      ab: Dual systems theories of adolescent risk-taking propose that the socioemotional and self-regulation systems develop at different rates, resulting in a peak in sensation-seeking in adolescence at a time when self-regulation abilities are not yet fully mature. This "developmental imbalance" between bottom-up drives for reward and top-down control is proposed to create a period of vulnerability for high-risk behaviors such as delinquency, substance use, unprotected sex, and reckless driving. In this study, data from the Swiss longitudinal normative z-proso study (n = 1522, n = 784 male; aged 11, 13, 15, 17, and 20) were used to test whether the presence of a developmental imbalance between sensation-seeking and self-regulation is associated with trajectories of engagement in delinquency across early adolescence to adulthood. Using a latent class growth analysis of sensation-seeking, self-regulation, and delinquency, it was found that a model with 3 classes was optimal in the whole sample and male sub-sample, including one class characterized by a developmental imbalance and corresponding adolescent peak in delinquency. In females, there was no evidence for a class that could be described according to the trajectories hypothesized in dual systems theory. This study's results support the claim that a developmental imbalance may drive an adolescent increase in delinquency. However, this applies only to a small subgroup of individuals, particularly males.
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