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Codevelopment of Delinquency, Alcohol Use, and Aggression Toward Peers and Dates: Multitrajectory Patterns and Predictors

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: We aimed to characterize developmental patterns of involvement in alcohol use, delinquency, and interpersonal aggression in a normative sample of adolescents by applying multitrajectory group-based modeling. Using seven waves of data from a cohort sequential study spanning the 6th to 12th grades (n = 2,825; 50% girls), we identified four distinct trajectory groups: low risk (33%), declining peer aggressors (44%), peer and dating aggressors (13%), and multidomain high risk (10%). Across all comparisons, girls were more likely than boys to be members of the peer and dating aggressor group and less likely to be members of the multidomain high-risk group. Moreover, individual (self-control, negative emotionality), family (family violence, parental monitoring), and peer (substance use norms) distinguished class membership.

Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence

DOI: 10.1111/jora.12577

Authors: Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes, Vangie Ann Foshee, Nisha C. Gottfredson, Susan T. Ennett, May S. Chen

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Crime Patterns and Interventions

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development