Growth in adolescent delinquency and alcohol use in relation to young adult crime, alcohol use disorders, and risky sex: a comparison of youth from low- versus middle-income backgrounds
Growth in adolescent delinquency and alcohol use in relation to young adult crime, alcohol use disorders, and risky sex: a comparison of youth from low- versus middle-income backgrounds
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02292.x
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Hawkins, J. David
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作者：
Mason, W. Alex;Hitch, Julia E.;Hawkins, J. David
背景：本研究探讨了青少年犯罪和酒精使用与青少年犯罪、酒精使用障碍（AUDs）和危险性行为的关系。分析进一步考察了童年晚期参与对这些问题行为结果的影响，并通过青少年犯罪和饮酒进行调解，并考察了低收入背景与中等收入背景青少年的途径差异。方法：使用从808名青少年样本中收集的数据进行多组潜在生长曲线建模，跟踪时间从10岁到24岁。自我报告的评估包括少年犯罪的参与，酒精使用，并在儿童后期的性活动;青少年犯罪和酒精使用;和犯罪，AUDs，并在成年早期的危险性行为。结果：儿童后期的犯罪参与与青少年犯罪，AUDs，并间接通过青少年犯罪的危险性行为，并有一个持续的直接影响犯罪。青少年犯罪也是性行为早期发生与犯罪之间关系的中介。早期饮酒预示着青少年饮酒水平更高，增长速度更快，这反过来又预示着年轻人的AUDs和危险性行为。显着的组间差异表明，青少年犯罪和每个年轻的成年人的结果，从低-相比，从中等收入background.Conclusions：早期干预可能有助于防止犯罪，AUDs和危险的性行为的发展，特别是在弱势青年之间的关联。
Background:This study examined adolescent delinquency and alcohol use in relation to young adult crime, alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and risky sex. Analyses further examined the influences of late childhood involvement in these problem behavior outcomes, with mediation through teen delinquency and alcohol use, and examined differences in the pathways for youth from low- compared to middle-income backgrounds.Method:Multiple-group latent growth curve modeling was conducted using data collected from a sample of 808 youth followed from age 10 to age 24. Self-report assessments included delinquent involvement, alcohol use, and sexual activity in late childhood; delinquency and alcohol use in adolescence; and crime, AUDs, and risky sex in early adulthood.Results:Late childhood delinquent involvement was associated with young adult crime, AUDs, and risky sex indirectly through adolescent delinquency, and had a persistent direct effect on crime. Adolescent delinquency also mediated the relation between early sex onset and crime. Early alcohol use predicted a higher level of, and a faster rate of increase in, adolescent drinking, which predicted, in turn, young adult AUDs and risky sex. Significant group differences indicated stronger associations between adolescent delinquency and each young adult outcome for youth from low- compared to those from middle-income backgrounds.Conclusions:Early intervention may help prevent the development of crime, AUDs, and risky sex behaviors, especially among disadvantaged youth.