Higher Order Language

Risk, Promotive, and Risk-Based Protective Associations with Youth Offending

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ID21309092
AuthorsStavroola A S Anderson (0000-0001-5038-5808, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia), David J Hawes (0000-0003-3260-1225, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, corresponding author), P Snow (0000-0002-2426-8349, La Trobe University), Pamela C Snow (La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia)
Year2022
Volume68
Issue5
Pages840-866
Publication date2022-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCrime & Delinquency (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1287 • E-ISSN: 1552-387X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00111287211007730
OpenAlexW3148800793
LanguageEN
References cited37

Research has implicated oral language deficits as risk factors for antisocial behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between higher order language skills and youth offending through a risk, promotive and risk-based protective factor paradigm. In a sample of adolescent males ( n = 130; 13 to 20 years; 62% youth offenders) skills in understanding ambiguity, making inferences, and understanding figurative language were demonstrated to have risk and promotive effects in association with youth offending. Figurative language also met criteria for having risk-based protective effects for youth at high offending risk due to poor nonverbal skills. Conceptualization of higher order language skills through this paradigm promotes a broader frame of reference for considering theoretical models and practical interventions

Ambiguity · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology

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