Prediction of Early-Onset Deviant Peer Group Affiliation

Abstract

Kindergarten boys from low socioeconomic areas who are hyperactive, fearless, infrequently prosocial, and raised in adverse family environments are at much heightened risk of engaging in deviant peer groups early in their development. Boys at high risk can be identified as early as kindergarten and should be targeted for preventive intervention.

Prevalência e fatores associados ao transtorno da conduta entre adolescentes: um estudo de base populacional

“…Assim como neste trabalho, alguns estudos 14,15,17,18,19,20 têm mostrado que o baixo nível só-cio-econômico é um fator de risco para muitos comportamentos perigosos na adolescência.…”

“…Os fatores mais comumente associados aos transtornos de conduta são: sexo 4,7 , nível sócio-econômico 14,15,17,18,19,20 , uso de bebida alcoólica 4,21,22,23,24,25 , uso/abuso de drogas ilícitas 26,27,28 , bullying 29 e depressão 30,31 . Não existem estudos brasileiros sobre a freqüência e os fatores comportamentais associados ao problema.…”

Developmental Links Between Trajectories of Physical Violence, Vandalism, Theft, and Alcohol-Drug Use from Childhood to Adolescence

“…To understand what factors protect the children with a history of physical aggression from frequent theft and alcohol-drug use we will need to take into account individual characteristics, such as cognitive functioning , and environmental circumstances, such as peer influences (Lacourse et al 2006;Moffitt 1993;Patterson et al 2000). Such factors may also explain why some children who were not high on physical violence do engage in the deviant theft and alcohol/drug use trajectories.…”

A genetically informative developmental study of the relationship between conduct disorder and peer deviance in males

“…Prior longitudinal studies provide mixed results regarding the importance of these two processes (e.g. Kandel, 1978Kandel, , 1996Wills & Cleary, 1999;Gordon et al 2004;Lacourse et al 2006), although the majority of studies suggest that both influence and selection are at work. However, studies based on self-report PD from samples of unrelated individuals may overestimate peer influence and underestimate peer selection effects (Rowe et al 1993;Aseltine, 1995).…”