Preventive Intervention
Assessing its Effects on the Trajectories of Delinquency and Testing for Mediational Processes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15028906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Vitaro (0000-0003-3897-2916, corresponding author), Mara Brendgen (0000-0001-6780-8547), Richard E Tremblay (0009-0006-6621-8696) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 201-213 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Developmental Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1088-8691 • E-ISSN: 1532-480X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s1532480xads0504_02 |
| OpenAlex | W1995178246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 35 |
This study assessed the impact of a prevention program on the growth of delinquency from 13 to 16 years of age and examined whether its impact operated through a chain of events compatible with many developmental models. The multicomponent prevention program targeted disruptive, low socioeconomic status boys when they were aged 7 through 9 years. A growth-curve analysis showed that the level of delinquency for the prevention group was lower at 13 years (i.e., the intercept) than in the control group. There was, however, no direct effect of the program on the growth (i.e., the slope) of delinquency from 13 through 16 years of age. Path analysis showed that reduction in disruptiveness and increase in parental supervision by age 11, as well as association with nondeviant peers by age 12, were part of a chain of events that was found to mediate the effect of the program on the initial level of delinquency at 13 years. The analysis also showed that the program had an indirect effect through these variables on the growth of delinquency from 13 to 16 years of age. The discussion focuses on the possibility of using prevention studies to validate developmental models
Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Intervention (counseling · Juvenile delinquency · Path analysis (statistics · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Medicine · Psychology
Parental and Early Childhood Predictors of Persistent Physical Aggression in Boys From Kindergarten to High School
Bullying, depression, and suicidal ideation in Finnish adolescents
The development of aggressive behaviour during childhood
Two-Year Impacts of a Universal School-Based Social-Emotional and Literacy Intervention
Parents' Monitoring-Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior
Gambling, Delinquency, and Drug Use During Adolescence
Análisis de las propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario de Competencias Socioemocionales SEC-Q en estudiantes universitarios chilenos
The Impact of a Parenting Guidance Programme for Mothers with an Ethnic Minority Background
The Difficulty of Maintaining Positive Intervention Effects
El Programa De Prevención De Montreal
Longitudinal and Experimental Research in Criminology
The importance of friends among foster youth aging out of care
Deviancy and Normative Training Processes in Experimental Groups of Delinquent and Nondelinquent Male Adolescents
Testing the developmental distinctiveness of male proactive and reactive aggression with a nested longitudinal experimental intervention
Changes in maternal ratings of children's overt and covert antisocial behavior
Compensatory and protective factors against violent delinquency in late adolescence
Developmental trajectories toward violence in middle childhood
Explaining Delinquency and Drug Use
Antisocial Behavior and Mental Health Problems
Disruptive boys with stable and unstable high fighting behavior patterns during junior elementary school
Predicting Early Onset of Male Antisocial Behavior From Preschool Behavior
Cross-National Research in Self-Reported Crime and Delinquency
A Study of Factors Associated with the Stability of Hidden Delinquency
The 1981 socioeconomic index for occupations in Canada
Arevised socioeconomic index for occupation in Canada
Determinants and Consequences of Associating with Deviant Peers During Preadolescence and Adolescence
Using covariance structure analysis to detect correlates and predictors of individual change over time
Stability of aggression over time and generations
Social networks and aggressive behavior
Parental Management
Using covariance structure analysis to detect correlates and predictors of individual change over time
When interventions harm
A Reconsideration of Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Deviance
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |