Early Life Risks, Antisocial Tendencies, and Preteen Delinquency

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9680193
AutoresJ Staff (0000-0003-0939-2250, Pennsylvania State University, autor de correspondencia), Corey Whichard (0000-0003-2692-2903, Department of Sociology and Criminology Pennsylvania State University), Sonja E Siennick (0000-0002-4555-0247, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Florida State University), Jennifer L Maggs (0000-0003-1601-6990, Pennsylvania State University), JENNIFER MAGGS (Department of Human Development and Family Studies Pennsylvania State University)
Año2015
Volumen53
Número4
Páginas677-701
Fecha de publicación2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1745-9125.12093
PMID26900167
OpenAlexW2168217143
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas56

Early age‐of‐onset delinquency and substance use confer a major risk for continued criminality, alcohol and drug abuse, and other serious difficulties throughout the life course. Our objective is to examine the developmental roots of preteen delinquency and substance use. By using nationally representative longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study ( N = 13,221), we examine the influence of early childhood developmental and family risks on latent pathways of antisocial tendencies from 3 to 7 years of age, and the influence of those pathways on property crime and substance use by 11 years of age. We identified a normative, nonantisocial pathway; a pathway marked by oppositional behavior and fighting; a pathway marked by impulsivity and inattention; and a rare pathway characterized by a wide range of antisocial tendencies. Children with developmental and family risks that emerged by 3 years of age—specifically difficult infant temperament, low cognitive ability, weak parental closeness, and disadvantaged family background—face increased odds of antisocial tendencies. Minimal overlap is found between the risk factors for early antisocial tendencies and those for preteen delinquency. Children on an antisocial pathway are more likely to engage in preteen delinquency and substance use by 11 years of age even after accounting for early life risk factors

Criminology · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Psychology