THE COMORBIDITIES OF ADOLESCENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS - A LATENT CLASS MODEL
THE COMORBIDITIES OF ADOLESCENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS - A LATENT CLASS MODEL
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DOI：
10.1007/bf02168078
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发表时间：
1994-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
LYNSKEY, MT
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作者：
FERGUSSON, DM;HORWOOD, LJ;LYNSKEY, MT
对739名新西兰15岁青少年的一系列问题行为的相关性和共病进行了研究。这项分析揭示了不同问题行为之间存在强烈的共生性。用无限制潜在类分析方法对数据进行建模，这表明描述数据的最佳模型是假设青少年问题行为由四个普通类儿童描述的模型。虽然相同的一般四级模型适用于男性和女性，但在问题发生率方面存在显著的性别差异。具体地说，女性的主要问题行为是那些与加速过渡到成年期有关的行为，其特征是早期性活动、酗酒和使用大麻，而男孩的主要问题与反社会和违法行为有关。没有问题的儿童(85%)和有多个问题的儿童(3%)的男孩和女孩的比例相似。
The correlations and comorbidities of a series of adolescent problem behaviors were studied in a sample of 739 New Zealand 15-year-olds. This analysis revealed the presence of strong comorbidities between different problem behaviors. The data were modeled using methods of unrestricted latent class analysis and this suggested that the best fitting model to describe the data was one which assumed that adolescent problem behaviors were described by four general classes of children. While the same general four-class model applied to males and females, there were marked gender differences in the rates of problems. Specifically, the predominant problem behaviors in females were those relating to an accelerated transition to adulthood marked by early sexual activity, alcohol abuse, and cannabis use whereas the predominant problems for boys were related to antisocial and law-breaking behaviors. Rates of children with no problems (85%) and with multiple problems (3%) were similar for boys and girls.