ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN US AND ISLAND PUERTO RICAN YOUTH

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：建议的纵向 精神病理学的研究比较了发育、合并症和 破坏性障碍与反社会行为(ASB)的危险因素 在波多黎各的波多黎各儿童和青少年(公关)和中国大陆 美国以前的研究表明，儿童和儿童中ASB的比率 青少年在公共关系中的比例低于美国本土，即使在 与大陆拉美裔美国人的比例进行了比较。现有的发展中 对ASB的研究从来没有包括足够多的西班牙裔群体 评估ASB发展过程中可能具有以下特征的特征 这些少数民族。本研究使用队列序贯设计来描述 纽约市南布朗克斯区波多黎各青年ASB的发展 和波多黎各的圣胡安大都市区。的概率样本 5岁至13岁的男孩和女孩将分别获得(N=1,575) 站点(总N=3,150)，并跟踪三波以检查是否 波多黎各儿童在这两个网站上的发病率差异是 由发病年龄、严重程度和 持续性，以及与ASB相关的危险因素。 这项研究将评估ASB的并存情况，并在这方面进行问题 人口的横截面和排序之间是否随着时间的推移 ASB及其共病条件在波多黎各岛上和大陆上不同 瑞克的孩子们。将特别强调与其他疾病的共病 药物使用和滥用以及注意缺陷多动的作用 多动症(ADHD)增加ASB及其相关疾病发生的风险 坚持不懈。该研究还将评估两者之间的联系 个人、家庭、同伴和社区因素与ASB的发展 在每一种环境中。在需要检查的风险和保护因素中包括 可能的文化决定因素，如强烈的家庭依恋 (家族主义)，父母和邻里监督，以及 文化适应。 这项研究在几个方面都是独一无二的。它评估了 男孩和女孩的反社会行为都是由 不同环境的特点(岛屿与大陆)。它 将同样的设计应用于研究一名西班牙裔少数族裔的成员 他们的本土环境以及他们去过的国家的环境 迁移，提供了一种准自然的实验，将允许 评估环境、文化因素和文化因素的影响 这一少数民族中ASB的发展和犯罪的变化。这 将是#年第一个关于青少年反社会行为的扩展纵向研究 任何主要的西班牙裔群体。它将为不断增长的基金增加信息 反社会行为发展模式的经验数据 在其他种族群体中已经评估过的，普适性 这些发现以及ASB在这方面的独特特征是什么 少数族裔。这些数据还可以为预防工作和形成 在这个和其他西班牙裔中进行文化敏感的治疗干预 组。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The proposed longitudinal study of psychopathology compares the development, the comorbidities and the risk factors of disruptive disorders and antisocial behaviors (ASB) in Puerto Rican children and adolescents in Puerto Rico (P.R.) and the mainland U.S. Previous studies have shown that rates of ASB among children and adolescents are lower in P.R. than on the mainland U.S., even when rates in P.R. are compared to rates among mainland Hispanics. Existing developmental studies of ASB have never included any Hispanic group in sufficient numbers to assess features in the development of ASB that may be characteristic in these minorities. The study uses cohort sequential design to describe the development of ASB in Puerto Rican youth in the South Bronx in New York City and the San Juan Metropolitan Area in Puerto Rico. Probability samples of boys and girls aged 5 through 13 years will be obtained (N=1,575) at each site (Total N=3,150) and followed over three waves to examine whether differences in rates among Puerto Rican children at these two sites are explained by differences in the age of onset, in the severity and persistence, and in the associated risk factors of ASB. The study will assess the comorbidities of ASB and conduct problems in this population cross-sectionally and whether the sequencing over time between ASB and its comorbid conditions differs between island and mainland Puerto Rico children. Particular emphasis will be placed on the comorbidity with substance use and abuse and on the role of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in increasing the risk for the development of ASB and its persistence. The study will also evaluate the association between individual, family, peer, and community factors and the development of ASB in each setting. Among the risk and protective factors to be examined are possible cultural determinants, such as strong familial attachments (familism), parental and neighborhood monitoring, and type and level of acculturation. The study is unique in several ways. It assesses the development of antisocial behaviors in both boys and girls as a function of the characteristics of different settings (the island vs. The mainland). It applies the same design to study members of a single Hispanic minority in their native environment as well as in the country to which they have migrated, providing a quasi-natural experiment that will permit an assessment of the influence of settings, culturals factors and cultural change on the development of ASB and delinquency in this minority. This will be the first extend longitudinal study on youth anti-social behavior in any major Hispanic group. It will add information to growing fund of empirical data about the patterns in the development of antisocial behaviors that have been assessed in other ethnic groups, the generalizability of those findings and what may be unique features characteristic of ASB in this minority. The data can also inform preventive efforts and the shaping of culturally sensitive treatment interventions in this and other Hispanic groups.