ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN US AND ISLAND PUERTO RICAN YOUTH

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：拟议的纵向 一项精神病理学研究比较了 破坏性障碍和反社会行为（ASB）的危险因素， 波多黎各的波多黎各儿童和青少年（P.R.）与内地 美国以前的研究表明，儿童和青少年中的ASB发生率 青少年的公关能力较低比在美国本土，即使利率 P.R.与西班牙裔大陆人的比率进行比较。 现有发展 ASB的研究从未包括足够数量的西班牙裔群体 评估ASB发展过程中的特征，这些特征可能是 这些少数民族。 本研究采用队列序贯设计， 纽约市南布朗克斯波多黎各青年ASB的发展 以及波多黎各的圣胡安大都会区。 概率样本 将获得5至13岁的男孩和女孩（N= 1，575）， 研究中心（总N= 3，150），并跟踪了三个波，以检查是否 这两个地点的波多黎各儿童之间的比率差异是 这可以通过发病年龄、严重程度和 持续性，并在相关的风险因素ASB。 这项研究将评估ASB的合并症，并在这方面进行问题。 以及是否随着时间的推移 ASB及其共病条件在岛屿和大陆之间存在差异 里科的孩子们。 将特别强调与下列国家的共同点： 物质使用和滥用以及注意力缺陷多动症的作用 注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）增加ASB发展的风险及其 坚持不懈 该研究还将评估 个人、家庭、同伴和社区因素与ASB的发展 在每一个设置。 需要研究的风险和保护因素包括 可能的文化决定因素，例如强烈的家庭依恋 （家庭主义），父母和邻里监测，以及类型和水平的 文化适应 这项研究在几个方面都是独一无二的。 它评估了 反社会行为在男孩和女孩作为一个功能， 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个西班牙裔少数民族的成员， 他们的本土环境以及他们所在的国家 迁移，提供了一个准自然的实验，将允许 评估环境、文化因素和文化 ASB的发展变化和这一少数群体的犯罪行为。 这 这将是第一次对青少年反社会行为进行纵向研究， 任何主要的西班牙裔群体。 它将为不断增长的 关于反社会行为发展模式的经验数据 在其他种族群体中进行了评估， 这些发现和什么可能是ASB在这方面的独特特征， 少数 这些数据还可以为预防工作提供信息， 在这个和其他西班牙裔的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.