Margit Wiesner
Biographic Data
| ID | 81162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margit Wiesner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margit |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiesner |
| SIGNATURE | WIESNER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2786-3896 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 201 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Criminal Trajectories
This book is a nontechnical, accessible, scholarly volume about criminal trajectories within a developmental context. The book provides a comprehensive overview of criminal trajectories as a concept and methodology. It addresses the complexities, controversies, findings, and applications from the rich criminal trajectory literature. It synthesizes material from the current literature in a range of fields, including developmental psychology, devel…
The Role of Deviant Lifestyles on Violent Victimization in Multiple Contexts
Little research utilizing lifestyles theory (Hindelang, Gottfredson, and Garofalo 1978) has examined the role that deviant lifestyles have on the likelihood of witnessing violence among ethnic-minority youth across various contexts. Therefore, we examined the effects of indicators of a deviant lifestyle (delinquent behavior and deviant peers) on exposure to both direct and indirect forms of violence across three contexts (home, school, and commun…
Childhood Predictors and Mid-Adolescent Correlates of Developmental Trajectories of Alcohol Use among Male and Female Youth
General Versus Specific Predictors of Male Arrest Trajectories
Changes in At-Risk American Men's Crime and Substance Use Trajectories Following Fatherhood
Fatherhood can be a turning point in development and in men's crime and substance use trajectories. At-risk boys (N = 206) were assessed annually from ages 12 to 31 years. Crime, arrest, and tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use trajectories were examined. Marriage was associated with lower levels of crime and less frequent substance use. Following the birth of a first biological child, men's crime trajectories showed slope decreases, and tobacco a…
Acculturative Stress Among Documented and Undocumented Latino Immigrants in the United States
The purpose of the study was to examine differences between documented and undocumented Latino immigrants in the prevalence of three immigration-related challenges (separation from family, traditionality, and language difficulties), which were made more severe after the passage of restrictive immigration legislation in 1996. Specifically, the study sought to determine the combined and unique associations of legal status, the three immigration-rel…
Effects of Deviant Peer Association on Adolescent Alcohol Consumption
Arrest Trajectories Across a 17‐year Span for Young Men
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of different operationalizations of offending behavior on the identified trajectories of offending and to relate findings to hypothesized dual taxonomy models. Prior research with 203 young men from the Oregon Youth Study identified six offender pathways, based on self‐report data (Wiesner and Capaldi, 2003). The current study used official records data (number of arrests) for the same sample. …
Young Adult Substance Use and Depression as a Consequence of Delinquency Trajectories During Middle Adolescence
This longitudinal study extended work from Wiesner and Windle (2004) by examining young adult outcomes (i.e., alcohol and illicit drug use, depression) of middle‐adolescent trajectories of delinquent behavior for a community sample of 724 young women and men (at average ages 23.8 years). Each domain of young adult adjustment problems was assessed with three indicators (i.e., lifetime rates of psychiatric disorders, annual rates of psychiatric dis…
Co-occurring delinquency and depressive symptoms of adolescent boys and girls
Co-occurring trajectories of delinquent behavior and depressive symptoms and their correlates were examined in a longitudinal sample of 985 middle-adolescent boys and girls (mean age = 15.54 years at Time 1). Dual trajectory analysis was used to identify the co-occurring trajectories. For boys (n = 472), 4 delinquency and 4 depression trajectory groups were found. For girls (n = 513), 3 delinquency and 3 depression trajectory groups were identifi…
Changes in Discrepancies Between Desired and Present States of Developmental Tasks in Adolescence
Assessing Covariates of Adolescent Delinquency Trajectories
Relations of Pubertal Timing and Depressive Symptoms to Substance Use in Early Adolescence
The aim for this longitudinal study was to test three hypotheses concerning the effects of pubertal timing on substance use during early adolescence. The maturational deviance hypothesis posits that any deviation from the norm, that is, early maturation and late maturation, would increase the risk for substance use. The stage termination hypothesis proposes that only early maturers would show higher levels of substance use. The mediation hypothes…
Vocational Preferences of Early Adolescents
The timing of early vocational preferences was compared in a sample of young adolescents from former East Germany and from West Germany. Because of German unification in 1990, and the attendant massive sociocultural changes, such a sample offers a unique opportunity to examine the joint influence of development and context on key transitions and on the accomplishment of developmental tasks. Results suggested that, as the memory of the restrictive…
Predictors of Leaving Home in Young Adults Raised in Germany
Linda P. Juang, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Margit Wiesner, Predictors of Leaving Home in Young Adults Raised in Germany: A Replication of a 1991 Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 61, No. 2 (May, 1999), pp. 505-515
Acculturative Stress Among Documented and Undocumented Latino Immigrants in the United States
The purpose of the study was to examine differences between documented and undocumented Latino immigrants in the prevalence of three immigration-related challenges (separation from family, traditionality, and language difficulties), which were made more severe after the passage of restrictive immigration legislation in 1996. Specifically, the study sought to determine the combined and unique associations of legal status, the three immigration-rel…
Assessing Covariates of Adolescent Delinquency Trajectories
Co-occurring delinquency and depressive symptoms of adolescent boys and girls
Co-occurring trajectories of delinquent behavior and depressive symptoms and their correlates were examined in a longitudinal sample of 985 middle-adolescent boys and girls (mean age = 15.54 years at Time 1). Dual trajectory analysis was used to identify the co-occurring trajectories. For boys (n = 472), 4 delinquency and 4 depression trajectory groups were found. For girls (n = 513), 3 delinquency and 3 depression trajectory groups were identifi…
Relations of Pubertal Timing and Depressive Symptoms to Substance Use in Early Adolescence
The aim for this longitudinal study was to test three hypotheses concerning the effects of pubertal timing on substance use during early adolescence. The maturational deviance hypothesis posits that any deviation from the norm, that is, early maturation and late maturation, would increase the risk for substance use. The stage termination hypothesis proposes that only early maturers would show higher levels of substance use. The mediation hypothes…
Arrest Trajectories Across a 17‐year Span for Young Men
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of different operationalizations of offending behavior on the identified trajectories of offending and to relate findings to hypothesized dual taxonomy models. Prior research with 203 young men from the Oregon Youth Study identified six offender pathways, based on self‐report data (Wiesner and Capaldi, 2003). The current study used official records data (number of arrests) for the same sample. …
Changes in At-Risk American Men's Crime and Substance Use Trajectories Following Fatherhood
Fatherhood can be a turning point in development and in men's crime and substance use trajectories. At-risk boys (N = 206) were assessed annually from ages 12 to 31 years. Crime, arrest, and tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use trajectories were examined. Marriage was associated with lower levels of crime and less frequent substance use. Following the birth of a first biological child, men's crime trajectories showed slope decreases, and tobacco a…
Predictors of Leaving Home in Young Adults Raised in Germany
Linda P. Juang, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Margit Wiesner, Predictors of Leaving Home in Young Adults Raised in Germany: A Replication of a 1991 Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 61, No. 2 (May, 1999), pp. 505-515
Vocational Preferences of Early Adolescents
The timing of early vocational preferences was compared in a sample of young adolescents from former East Germany and from West Germany. Because of German unification in 1990, and the attendant massive sociocultural changes, such a sample offers a unique opportunity to examine the joint influence of development and context on key transitions and on the accomplishment of developmental tasks. Results suggested that, as the memory of the restrictive…
General Versus Specific Predictors of Male Arrest Trajectories
Effects of Deviant Peer Association on Adolescent Alcohol Consumption
Young Adult Substance Use and Depression as a Consequence of Delinquency Trajectories During Middle Adolescence
This longitudinal study extended work from Wiesner and Windle (2004) by examining young adult outcomes (i.e., alcohol and illicit drug use, depression) of middle‐adolescent trajectories of delinquent behavior for a community sample of 724 young women and men (at average ages 23.8 years). Each domain of young adult adjustment problems was assessed with three indicators (i.e., lifetime rates of psychiatric disorders, annual rates of psychiatric dis…
Changes in Discrepancies Between Desired and Present States of Developmental Tasks in Adolescence
Vocational Preferences of Early Adolescents
The timing of early vocational preferences was compared in a sample of young adolescents from former East Germany and from West Germany. Because of German unification in 1990, and the attendant massive sociocultural changes, such a sample offers a unique opportunity to examine the joint influence of development and context on key transitions and on the accomplishment of developmental tasks. Results suggested that, as the memory of the restrictive…
Predictors of Leaving Home in Young Adults Raised in Germany
Linda P. Juang, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Margit Wiesner, Predictors of Leaving Home in Young Adults Raised in Germany: A Replication of a 1991 Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 61, No. 2 (May, 1999), pp. 505-515
Relations of Pubertal Timing and Depressive Symptoms to Substance Use in Early Adolescence
The aim for this longitudinal study was to test three hypotheses concerning the effects of pubertal timing on substance use during early adolescence. The maturational deviance hypothesis posits that any deviation from the norm, that is, early maturation and late maturation, would increase the risk for substance use. The stage termination hypothesis proposes that only early maturers would show higher levels of substance use. The mediation hypothes…
Changes in Discrepancies Between Desired and Present States of Developmental Tasks in Adolescence
Assessing Covariates of Adolescent Delinquency Trajectories
Young Adult Substance Use and Depression as a Consequence of Delinquency Trajectories During Middle Adolescence
This longitudinal study extended work from Wiesner and Windle (2004) by examining young adult outcomes (i.e., alcohol and illicit drug use, depression) of middle‐adolescent trajectories of delinquent behavior for a community sample of 724 young women and men (at average ages 23.8 years). Each domain of young adult adjustment problems was assessed with three indicators (i.e., lifetime rates of psychiatric disorders, annual rates of psychiatric dis…
Co-occurring delinquency and depressive symptoms of adolescent boys and girls
Co-occurring trajectories of delinquent behavior and depressive symptoms and their correlates were examined in a longitudinal sample of 985 middle-adolescent boys and girls (mean age = 15.54 years at Time 1). Dual trajectory analysis was used to identify the co-occurring trajectories. For boys (n = 472), 4 delinquency and 4 depression trajectory groups were found. For girls (n = 513), 3 delinquency and 3 depression trajectory groups were identifi…
Arrest Trajectories Across a 17‐year Span for Young Men
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of different operationalizations of offending behavior on the identified trajectories of offending and to relate findings to hypothesized dual taxonomy models. Prior research with 203 young men from the Oregon Youth Study identified six offender pathways, based on self‐report data (Wiesner and Capaldi, 2003). The current study used official records data (number of arrests) for the same sample. …
Effects of Deviant Peer Association on Adolescent Alcohol Consumption
Acculturative Stress Among Documented and Undocumented Latino Immigrants in the United States
The purpose of the study was to examine differences between documented and undocumented Latino immigrants in the prevalence of three immigration-related challenges (separation from family, traditionality, and language difficulties), which were made more severe after the passage of restrictive immigration legislation in 1996. Specifically, the study sought to determine the combined and unique associations of legal status, the three immigration-rel…
Changes in At-Risk American Men's Crime and Substance Use Trajectories Following Fatherhood
Fatherhood can be a turning point in development and in men's crime and substance use trajectories. At-risk boys (N = 206) were assessed annually from ages 12 to 31 years. Crime, arrest, and tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use trajectories were examined. Marriage was associated with lower levels of crime and less frequent substance use. Following the birth of a first biological child, men's crime trajectories showed slope decreases, and tobacco a…
General Versus Specific Predictors of Male Arrest Trajectories
Childhood Predictors and Mid-Adolescent Correlates of Developmental Trajectories of Alcohol Use among Male and Female Youth
The Role of Deviant Lifestyles on Violent Victimization in Multiple Contexts
Little research utilizing lifestyles theory (Hindelang, Gottfredson, and Garofalo 1978) has examined the role that deviant lifestyles have on the likelihood of witnessing violence among ethnic-minority youth across various contexts. Therefore, we examined the effects of indicators of a deviant lifestyle (delinquent behavior and deviant peers) on exposure to both direct and indirect forms of violence across three contexts (home, school, and commun…
Criminal Trajectories
This book is a nontechnical, accessible, scholarly volume about criminal trajectories within a developmental context. The book provides a comprehensive overview of criminal trajectories as a concept and methodology. It addresses the complexities, controversies, findings, and applications from the rich criminal trajectory literature. It synthesizes material from the current literature in a range of fields, including developmental psychology, devel…
Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (6 works) · Longitudinal study (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Health psychology (5 works) · Public health (5 works)