DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES IN VIOLENCE AND PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

这项申请是为了继续主要的正在进行的纵向 研究暴力和暴力的发育途径和前兆 其他问题行为。这项调查的主要目的是(1) 了解发展过程和生活经历，从而 发起、持续参与和终止暴力，其他 高危少数民族和盎格鲁人的犯罪、吸毒和(2) 考察这些过程、阶段和经验，以揭示其本质 以及预防和干预战略的时机。因此，该项目 既有理论导向，又对实际结果感兴趣 和建议。此外，该项目还包括对成功的 以及问题行为、被害者、精神病理学、 邻里因素在问题行为发展中的作用 高危居民获得和使用精神卫生服务的情况 区域。 这项研究的总体设计是基于前瞻性的纵向 调查。1527名儿童和青少年的概率样本，包括男孩和 1987年，年龄分别为7岁、9岁、11岁、13岁和15岁的女孩从 科罗拉多州丹佛市附近的青少年犯罪风险很高。这些 青少年和他们的一位父母在过去的几年里每年都接受采访 过去的五年。该项目在以下方面相对独特： 在一项大规模的调查中，受访者只有7岁 测量空间的广度，并在多队列设计中 受雇的。 目前，该项目正处于其设想的总体时间的中间 框架。尽管多队列设计允许进行广泛年龄的检查 仅在几年内的范围内，真正的纵向数据， 在重要的变革阶段和时期，相同的个人并不是 但仍是完整的。最年轻的群体还没有达到 最大限度地参与吸毒和犯罪，年龄最大的也不是 这些人完成了向青壮年的过渡。

This application is for the continuation of a major ongoing longitudinal study examining developmental pathways and precursors to violence and other problem behavior. The major objectives of the survey are (1) to understand the developmental processes and life experiences that lead to initiation, sustained involvement, and termination of violence, other delinquency, and drug use in high risk minority and anglo groups and (2) to examine these processes, stages, and experiences to suggest the nature and timing of prevention and intervention strategies. The project thus has both a theoretical orientation and an interest in practical outcomes and suggestions. In addition, the project includes a focus on successful as well as problem behavior, victimization, psychopathology, the role of neighborhood factors in the development of problem behavior, and the availability and use of mental health services by residents of high risk areas. The overall design of the study is based on a prospective longitudinal survey. A probability sample of 1527 children and youths, both boys and girls, aged 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 in 1987, were selected from neighborhoods of Denver, Colorado at high risk for delinquency. These youths and one of their parents have been interviewed annually over the past five years. The project is relatively unique in including respondents as young as seven in a large scale survey effort, in the breadth of the measurement space, and in the multi-cohort design employed. Currently, the project is in the middle of its envisioned overall time frame. Although the multi-cohort design allows examination of a wide age range in only a few years, the truly longitudinal data, that follows the same individuals across important phases and periods of change, is not yet complete. The youngest cohorts have not yet reached the period of maximum involvement in drug use and delinquency, nor have the oldest cohorts made the transition to young adulthood.