Identifying gender-specific developmental trajectories of nonviolent and violent delinquency from adolescence to young adulthood

Abstract: Most research examining gender differences in developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior does not consider subtypes of antisocial behavior and is difficult to generalize due to small non-representative samples. The current study investigated gender difference in developmental trajec...

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Published in:Journal of Adolescence Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 371 - 382
Main Authors: Zheng, Yao, Cleveland, H. Harrington
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2013
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          Zheng, Yao
          Cleveland, H. Harrington
        affil: Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, E-315 Henderson, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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        Delinquent behavior
        Youth & violence
        Poor youth
        Families
        Social support
        Youth development
        Gender specific care
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          Delinquent behavior
          Youth & violence
          Poor youth
          Families
          Social support
          Other Individual and Family Services
          Youth development
          Gender specific care
      keyword:
        Adolescence
        Gender
        Latent class analysis
        Nonviolent delinquency
        Violent delinquency
        Young adulthood
        Adolescence
        Gender
        Latent class analysis
        Nonviolent delinquency
        Violent delinquency
        Young adulthood
      ab: Abstract: Most research examining gender differences in developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior does not consider subtypes of antisocial behavior and is difficult to generalize due to small non-representative samples. The current study investigated gender difference in developmental trajectories from adolescence to young adulthood while addressing those limitations. Analyses were limited to respondents ages 15 and 16 in wave 1 (16–17 in wave 2, and 21–22 in wave 3) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 6244, 49.5% males). Self-report nonviolent and violent delinquencies were simultaneously entered into latent class analysis. Four latent classes were identified: low, desister, decliner, and chronic (male-only). In addition to finding a male-specific chronic class, gender differences included differences in levels of nonviolent and violent delinquency between synonymous classes of males and females, and differences in prevalence of classes across genders. Neighborhood disadvantage and family support predicted trajectories.
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