123 research outputs found
Childhood Predictors of Violent Victimization at Age 17Â Years: The Role of Early Social Behavioral Tendencies
Objective
To assess the relation between early social behavioral tendencies and the risk of violent victimization in late adolescence.
Study design
We analyzed 5 waves of data from the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood into Adulthood (z-proso), a longitudinal sample of Swiss first graders (N = 1138). Early social behavioral tendencies were measured at age 7 years and included internalizing problems, externalizing behavior, prosocial behavior, negative peer relations, competent problem solving, dominance, and sensation seeking. Path analyses were conducted of the association between these tendencies and violent victimization at age 17 years, and mediation through intermediate victimization at ages 11, 13, and 15 years was examined.
Results
Several childhood social behavioral tendencies predicted victimization 10 years later. Though this was the case for both sexes, the number and type of significant risk factors differed. For male children, sensation seeking, externalizing behavior, high prosociality, and negative peer relations at age 7 years increased later victimization, whereas for female children, dominance and externalizing behavior were predictive. In addition, results showed that the relation between early risk factors and age 17 years victimization was mediated by intermediate victimization, showing that differences in victimization risk in early adolescence are carried forward into late adolescence.
Conclusions
Childhood social behavioral tendencies predict victimization 10 years later. Incorporating this finding into early prevention programs could reduce victimization over the life course
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Social influences, peer delinquency, and low self-control: An examination of time-varying and reciprocal effects on delinquency over adolescence
We examine an integrated dynamic model of social influences and internal controls on delinquency in adolescence. We assessed to what extent parental bonds, peer delinquency, and self-control were reciprocally related to delinquency throughout adolescence, and whether their effects were time varying. We applied cross-lagged panel models to analyze these relationships using three waves of data from a sample of Swiss youth at ages 13 to 17. Results suggest that self-control is a strong predictor for future delinquent behavior. Moreover, social influences affect self-control into adolescence, contributing to a growing area of research on the dynamic properties of self-control over the life course. Social influences, in particular peer delinquency, are also reciprocally related to delinquency, implying that delinquency can lead to cumulative disadvantages that further entrench individuals in antisocial pathways over the life course.</jats:p
The co-development of friendsâ delinquency with adolescentsâ delinquency and short-term mindsets:The moderating role of co-offending
The companions in crime hypothesis suggests that co-offending moderates the link between peer delinquency and adolescent delinquency. However, this hypothesis has rarely been investigated longitudinally. Hence, this study investigated the co-development of friendsâ delinquency and adolescentsâ delinquency, as well as the co-development of friendsâ delinquency and short-term mindsets (impulsivity and lack of school future orientation). Whether this co-development is stronger when adolescents engage in co-offending was also investigated. Three data waves with two year lags from an ethnically-diverse adolescent sample (at wave 1: Nâ=â1365; 48.6% female; M(age)â=â13.67; age rangeâ=â12.33â15.09 years) in Switzerland were used. The results from parallel process latent growth modeling showed that the co-development between friendsâ delinquency and adolescentsâ delinquency was stronger when adolescents engaged in co-offending. Thus co-offending likely provides direct access to a setting in which adolescents continue to model the delinquency they learned with their peers
EnquĂȘtes populationnelles sur la victimisation et la dĂ©linquance chez les jeunes dans les cantons de Vaud et Zurich : Les jeunes non-exclusivement hĂ©tĂ©rosexuelâleâs : populations davantage exposĂ©es ?
Les personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles et transgenres (LGBT) sont nombreuses Ă ĂȘtre
Les personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles et transgenres (LGBT) sont nombreuses Ă ĂȘtre confrontĂ©es Ă des violences psychologiques, verbales et/ou physiques. En effet, les jeunes faisantpartie de minoritĂ©s sexuelles sont plus frĂ©quemment victimisé·e·s Ă lâĂ©cole que leurs pair·e·s. Ils·Elles sont par exemple plus nombreux·euses Ă avoir Ă©tĂ© victimes de vols ou Ă avoir eu leurs affaires cassĂ©es et sont Ă©galement significativement plus nombreux·euses Ă avoir manquĂ© lâĂ©cole du fait quâils·elles ne sây sentaient pas en sĂ©curitĂ©. Relevons Ă©galement que la part de jeunes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuel·le·s (LGB) ayant vĂ©cu des rapports sexuels non consentis est Ă©galement plus importante.
Les jeunes faisant partie de minoritĂ© sexuelles sont Ă©galement plus souvent victimes de harcĂšlement. Les donnĂ©es de la derniĂšre enquĂȘte « Youth Risk Behavior Survey » (YRBS, 2015) indiquent que 34% des jeunes LGB, 25% des jeunes en questionnement quant Ă leur orientation sexuelle et 19% des jeunes hĂ©tĂ©rosexuel·le·s ont Ă©tĂ© harcelĂ© Ă lâĂ©cole au cours de 12
derniers mois. Enfin, les adolescents et jeunes hommes faisant partie de minorités sexuelles sont plus souvent victimes de violences homophobes.
Le premier objectif du prĂ©sent rapport consiste Ă dĂ©terminer le taux de jeunes de 15 ans scolarisé·e·s nâayant pas une attirance sexuelle exclusivement hĂ©tĂ©rosexuelle dans ces deux cantons et le second Ă dĂ©terminer dans quelle mesure ces personnes sont plus touchĂ©es par diffĂ©rentes problĂ©matiques comme la victimisation, la consommation de substances
psychoactives, le harcÚlement en milieu scolaire, la délinquance, ou encore les problÚmes de santé
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Can the social behavior questionnaire help meet the need for dimensional, transdiagnostic measures of childhood and adolescent psychopathology?
Abstract. The shift toward transdiagnostic and dimensional approaches to psychopathology research has created a growing need for psychometric assessments that reflect this conceptualization. We aimed to test whether an omnibus measure of psychopathology, the Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ), has suitable properties to serve as a dimensional, transdiagnostic assessment. We used an item response theory (IRT) approach to evaluate the reliable ranges of measurement of the psychopathology dimensions measured by the SBQ. For the dimensions of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Prosociality, Internalizing, and Externalizing, the SBQ can provide a reliable measure for below average to very high levels in a normative sample. </jats:p
Validation of the English language version of the Violent Ideations Scale
This study used a within-participant design to evaluate the concurrent validity and testâretest reliability of the Violent Ideations Scale in a general population, English-speaking opportunistic sample. Data from 116 adult participants (M age = 33.7, SD = 11.9, male = 30 [25.9%]) were used to compare scores on the Violent Ideations Scale and Aggression Questionnaire and responses to the Schedule of Imagined Violence. A subgroup of 27 participants (M age = 37.2, SD = 13.6, male = 8 [29.6%]) completed the Violent Ideations Scale on a second occasion, 2 weeks later. The Violent Ideations Scale was found to correlate significantly with the Aggression Questionnaire subscale and total scores, with the strongest correlations being with physical aggression and total scores. Participants were more likely to be categorized as having experienced a violent ideation based on responses to the Violent Ideation Scale, compared with the Schedule of Imagined Violence, most likely due to the Schedule of Imagined Violence underestimating the prevalence of violent ideation. A significant, strong correlation was found between total Violent Ideations Scale scores at Time 1 and Time 2. Overall, the Violent Ideations Scale was found to have concurrent validity when compared with the Aggression Questionnaire and good testâretest reliability, suggesting that it would be suitable for use with a nonclinical, English-speaking sampl
Early Childhood Predictors of Teen Dating Violence Involvement at Age 17
The distal relationship between risk factors in childhood and subsequent dating violence in late adolescence has not often been explored using longitudinal data. This study aims to shed light on the problem of dating violence by examining childrenâs backgrounds at age 7 and the link to the future involvement in dating violence at age 17 using the first and seventh waves of the Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso, nâ=â644). The sample consists of 644 multiethnic adolescents (57.14% female, Mâ=â17.47, SDâ=â0.37), mainly Swiss-born (90%), though more than half of their parents (60%) were born in another country. A latent class analysis was applied to identify three different profiles (a) zero (or minimal) involvement in teen dating violence, (b) perpetrators/victims of controlling behaviors, and (c) perpetrators/victims of controlling behaviors and of physical violence. Participants who were corporally punished and/or victims of bullying at age 7 were significantly more likely to belong to the controlling and physical violence profile than children in the non-violent class. These results suggest a certain chronicity of the effects of violent experiences in early childhood on the patterns of romantic relationships at 17 years old
Sanctions, shortâterm mind-sets, and delinquency: Reverse causality in a sample of high school youth
Education and Child Studie
Children's trust and the development of prosocial behavior
This study examined the role of children's trust beliefs and trustworthiness in the development of prosocial behavior using data from four waves of a longitudinal study in a large, ethnically-diverse sample of children in Switzerland (mean age = 8.11 years at Time 1, N = 1,028). Prosocial behavior directed towards peers was measured at all assessment points by teacher reports. Children's trust beliefs and their trustworthiness with peers were assessed and calculated by a social relations analysis at the first assessment point using children's reports of the extent to which classmates kept promises. In addition, teacher reports of children's trustworthiness were assessed at all four assessment points. Latent growth curve modeling yielded a decrease in prosocial behavior over time. Peer- and teacher-reported trustworthiness predicted higher initial levels of prosocial behavior, and peer-reported trustworthiness predicted less steep decreases in prosocial behavior over time. Autoregressive cross-lagged analysis also revealed bidirectional longitudinal associations between teacher-reported trustworthiness and prosocial behavior. We discuss the implications of the findings for research on the role of trust in the development of children's prosocial behavior
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A Longitudinal Study on Stability and Transitions Among Bullying Roles.
Trajectories of stability and change in bullying roles were examined through a longitudinal prospective study of 916 school students followed up biannually from age 11 to 17. Perpetrators and victims had relatively stable trajectories with most of the children remaining in the same role over time or becoming uninvolved. Bully/victim was the most unstable role with frequent transitions to perpetrators or victims. Developmental change in bullying roles was found with a decrease in physical forms over time in bullies and victims but with persistently high perpetration and victimization in bully/victims. These findings open new horizons in research and practice related to bullying and can be useful for its early detection or design of targeted interventions
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