Abstract:This study examines differences in self-reported mental health problems between detained youths from Dutch, Moroccan, and Surinamese origin and the usefulness of mental health problems to predict violent and property recidivism in these juveniles. A sample of 296 detained boys aged between 12 and 18 years were assessed by means of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Official information regarding criminal history and recidivism was collected 3-6 years later. In general, Dutch youths and Surinam… Show more
“…They also experienced more often poly-victimization. These results are in line with both general population samples and incarcerated samples (Abram et al, 2004;Colins et al, 2013;Wood, Foy, Layne, Pynoos, & James, 2002). Also, internalizing symptoms such as depressive mood, self-harm and suicidal thoughts and internalizing disorders were significantly more prevalent in antisocial adolescent females than in adolescent males, as confirmed by the literature (e.g., Abram et al, 2004;Kerig et al, 2009).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Ethnic minorities showed less internalizing symptoms than Dutch antisocial adolescents. This might be due to underreporting of the mental health problems, or selection criteria in referring youth to the outpatient forensic clinic (e.g., Colins et al, 2013). The results at least warrant further study of the backgrounds and pathways to outpatient treatment of different ethnic groups.…”
The aim of the study was to examine whether the impact of interpersonal traumas on internalizing problems in antisocial adolescents treated in a community based forensic setting was moderated by gender. Data were collected in the Netherlands from a random sample of the available treatment files of 397 adolescents (200 males and 197 females) aged 12-18 years. Adolescent females more often experienced physical and sexual abuse, and internalizing symptoms and disorders than their male counterparts. Multiple regression analysis revealed that physical abuse, gender and ethnicity significantly predicted internalizing symptoms. A gender-physical abuse interaction effect was also found. In contrast to the hypothesis, physically abused males had a higher chance of developing internalizing symptoms than physically abused females. Sexual abuse was associated with internalizing disorders (mainly dysthymia and PTSD) for both males and females. Although the literature suggests that the link between traumatic experiences and mental health problems is stronger for females than for males, we did not find evidence for this in our forensic outpatient sample of antisocial adolescents.
“…They also experienced more often poly-victimization. These results are in line with both general population samples and incarcerated samples (Abram et al, 2004;Colins et al, 2013;Wood, Foy, Layne, Pynoos, & James, 2002). Also, internalizing symptoms such as depressive mood, self-harm and suicidal thoughts and internalizing disorders were significantly more prevalent in antisocial adolescent females than in adolescent males, as confirmed by the literature (e.g., Abram et al, 2004;Kerig et al, 2009).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Ethnic minorities showed less internalizing symptoms than Dutch antisocial adolescents. This might be due to underreporting of the mental health problems, or selection criteria in referring youth to the outpatient forensic clinic (e.g., Colins et al, 2013). The results at least warrant further study of the backgrounds and pathways to outpatient treatment of different ethnic groups.…”
The aim of the study was to examine whether the impact of interpersonal traumas on internalizing problems in antisocial adolescents treated in a community based forensic setting was moderated by gender. Data were collected in the Netherlands from a random sample of the available treatment files of 397 adolescents (200 males and 197 females) aged 12-18 years. Adolescent females more often experienced physical and sexual abuse, and internalizing symptoms and disorders than their male counterparts. Multiple regression analysis revealed that physical abuse, gender and ethnicity significantly predicted internalizing symptoms. A gender-physical abuse interaction effect was also found. In contrast to the hypothesis, physically abused males had a higher chance of developing internalizing symptoms than physically abused females. Sexual abuse was associated with internalizing disorders (mainly dysthymia and PTSD) for both males and females. Although the literature suggests that the link between traumatic experiences and mental health problems is stronger for females than for males, we did not find evidence for this in our forensic outpatient sample of antisocial adolescents.
“…Third, nonindigenous boys were overrepresented in the juvenile justice system and consequently, the majority of the participants had a nonâDutch ethnic background. Nonindigenous youths have been found to have a tendency to underreport mental health problems for various reasons (Colins et al, ; Zwirs et al, ) that are out of the scope of the present study. However, a study on the Dutch version of the MAYSIâ2 revealed that Moroccan juveniles indeed reported fewer mental health problems, but this could not be explained by differences in measurement reliability, as the MAYSIâ2 was found to be a reliable instrument across ethnic groups (Colins et al, ).…”
The link between childhood maltreatment and adolescent aggression is well documented; yet, studies examining potential mechanisms that explain this association are limited. In the present study, we tested the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent aggression in boys in juvenile justice facilities (Nâ=â767) and examined the contribution of mental health problems to this relationship. Data on childhood maltreatment, mental health problems, and aggression were collected by means of self-report measures and structural equation models were used to test mediation models. We found that mental health problems mediated the link between maltreatment and aggression. Results demonstrated different pathways depending on the type of aggression examined. The association between childhood maltreatment and reactive aggression was fully mediated by a variety of mental health problems and for proactive aggression the association was partially mediated by mental health problems. We also found that reactive and proactive aggression partially mediated the association between maltreatment and mental health problems. These findings suggest that a transactional model may best explain the negative effects of childhood trauma on mental health problems and (in particular reactive) aggression. In addition, our findings add to the existing evidence that reactive and proactive aggression have different etiological pathways.
“…Besides common indicators of juvenile delinquent and risk behaviors, such as low socio-economic status (SES) and age (e.g., DeLisi, Neppl, Lohman, Vaughn, & Shook, 2013;Kipping, Smith, Heron, Hickman, & Campbell, 2015), we added foreign nationality as a covariate because Switzerland has been shown to have high rates of migration, and previous research indicated that juveniles with foreign nationalities were overrepresented in the Swiss justice system (Killias, 2009). Moreover, further European studies showed that JSOs with foreign nationalities differed from domestic adolescent delinquents in regard to social and health adversities (e.g., Aebi et al, 2012;Bauer et al, 2011;Colins et al, 2013).…”
Section: Patterns Of Adverse Childhood Experiencesmentioning
Juveniles who sexually offended (JSOs) are differentially burdened with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The present study used Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to derive subtypes of JSOs according to their patterns of 10 different ACEs. An extensive file analysis of 322 male JSOs (M = 14.14, SD = 1.94) revealed five subtypes with (a) multiple (9.0%), (b) mainly family related (17.1%), (c) mainly peer related (21.7%), (d) mainly neglectful (18.6%), and (e) little/no (33.5%) ACEs. Differences among ACE subtypes with regard to several offense and victim characteristics (e.g., the use of penetration or violence, the choice of a child, a male, a stranger, or multiple victims) were examined. Whereas no differences were found for the use of physical violence or the choice of male, stranger, or multiple victims, binary logistic regressions revealed associations of the multiple-ACE subtype with the choice of a child victim, the family-ACE subtype with the use of penetration as well as further nonsexual delinquency, the peer-ACE subtype with the use of penetration and the choice of a child victim, and the neglect-subtype with the choice of a child victim. Additional analyses including single ACE categories instead of LCAderived subtypes supported these results. Findings highlight the need for a comprehensive consideration of ACEs in research and clinical work to understand developmental pathways to juvenile sexual offending.
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