The Impact of Delinquency on Young Adult Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Aalsma, Matthew C.; Tong, Yan; Wiehe, Sarah E.; Tu, Wanzhu

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.05.018

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“…Similar to other studies that have assessed delinquency [30,31], the primary outcome variable, delinquent behavior, was assessed using a composite index derived from standardized values of seven items that measured the frequency (0 = never ; 1 = once ; 2 = more than once ) with which youth engaged in the following behaviors in the 4 months preceding the survey: staying away from home for at least one night without parental permission; starting a fight with peers; taking or trying to take something belonging to someone else without their knowledge; carrying a knife, gun, or other weapon; hitting or threatening to hit a peer or adult; delivering or selling drugs; and delivering or selling alcohol. In line with previous literature that considers early sex and multiple sexual partnerships as problem behaviors [32], well as literature showing a strong association between sexual behavior and delinquency [30], we also included two items assessing whether the participant had engaged in sexual intercourse by age 15 and whether the participant had ever had multiple sexual partners.…”

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Adverse life events and delinquent behavior among Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study on the protective role of parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem

Kabiru

Elungata

Mojola

et al. 2014

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundPast research provides strong evidence that adverse life events heighten the risk of delinquent behavior among adolescents. Urban informal (slum) settlements in sub-Saharan Africa are marked by extreme adversity. However, the prevalence and consequences of adverse life events as well as protective factors that can mitigate the effects of exposure to these events in slum settlements is largely understudied. We examine two research questions. First, are adverse life events experienced at the individual and household level associated with a higher likelihood of delinquent behavior among adolescents living in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya? Second, are parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem protective against delinquency in a context of high adversity?MethodsWe used cross-sectional data from 3,064 males and females aged 12–19 years who participated in the Transitions to Adulthood Study. We examined the extent to which a composite index of adverse life events was associated with delinquent behavior (measured using a composite index derived from nine items). We also examined the direct and moderating effects of three protective factors: parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem.ResultsFifty-four percent of adolescents reported at least one adverse life event, while 18% reported three or more adverse events. For both males and females, adversity was positively and significantly associated with delinquency in bivariate and multivariate models. Negative associations were observed between the protective factors and delinquency. Significant adverse events × protective factor interaction terms were observed for parental monitoring (females and males), religiosity (males), and self-esteem (females).ConclusionsSimilar to research in high income countries, adverse life events are associated with an increased likelihood of delinquent behavior among adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya, a low-income country. However, parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem may moderate the effect of adversity on delinquent behavior and pinpoint possible avenues to develop interventions to reduce delinquency in resource-poor settings in low and middle income countries.

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Adverse life events and delinquent behavior among Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study on the protective role of parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem

Kabiru

Elungata

Mojola

et al. 2014

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Recent research in this area suggests that this relationship could be due to the processes of population heterogeneity and cumulative disadvantage. For example, Aalsma et al (2010) found that life-course persistent offenders were more likely to engage in a variety of risky sexual behaviors. Furthermore, other research has found that childhood behavioral problems are linked to risky sexual behavior in emerging adulthood (Ramrakha et al, 2007).…”

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Adolescent Criminal Behavior, Population Heterogeneity, and Cumulative Disadvantage: Untangling the Relationship Between Adolescent Delinquency and Negative Outcomes in Emerging Adulthood

Makarios

Cullen

2015

Crime & Delinquency

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Developmentalists suggest that adolescent criminal involvement encourages later life failure in the social domains of education, welfare, and risky sexual activities. Although prior research supports a link between crime and later life failure, relatively little research has sought to explain why this relationship exists. This research attempts to understand why crime leads to negative social outcomes by testing hypotheses derived from the perspectives of population heterogeneity and cumulative disadvantage. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, the results reveal that net of control variables and measures of population heterogeneity, adolescent

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“…Dépendamment de l'intensité et du type de conduites à risque adoptées, ces manifestations peuvent engendrer de sérieuses conséquences pour soi-même et les autres (ITSS, grossesse non désirée, accident automobile avec lien avec la consommation de SPA ou la conduite dangereuse, casier judiciaire, etc.) (Aalsma, Tong, Wiehe et Tu, 2010 ;Paul et Hayes, 2002 ;Worthy et al, 2010). D'ailleurs, les résultats des analyses de covariation indiquent que la prise de risque dans un domaine est généralement associée à la prise de risque dans d'autres domaines.…”

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Qui sont les preneuses de risque ? L’intention d’adopter des conduites à risque chez les étudiantes postsecondaires québécoises

Joubert

Carpentier

Plourde

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Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude exploratoire qui visait à étudier la propension à la prise de risque d’un échantillon d’étudiantes québécoises de niveau postsecondaire âgées entre 18 et 30 ans et à comparer cette propension en fonction de variables sociodémographiques (âge, statut civil, milieu de vie, niveau de scolarité). L’échantillon était composé de 233 étudiantes recrutées dans une université québécoise et dans un établissement de niveau collégial (X = 22,14 ans, ET = 2,89). Les participantes, recrutées à l’aide d’affiches publicitaires, devaient répondre à une version électronique de l’échelle DOSPERT révisée pour adultes (Domain-Specific Risk-Taking scale for adults) en version française (Blais et Weber, 2006) qui mesure l’intention d’adopter un comportement à risque et à laquelle huit questions ont été ajoutées concernant la probabilité de prise de risque en matière de sexualité, de consommation de substances psychoactives et de conduite automobile. Les résultats indiquent que 24,9 % des étudiantes sondées estiment probable qu’elles puissent avoir un rapport sexuel avec une personne rencontrée quelques heures auparavant. De plus, 15,1 % des étudiantes estiment probable qu’elles adoptent des comportements sexualisés (se dévêtir, attitude aguichante) dans un bar ou une fête et cette propension augmente considérablement s’il y a consommation de substances psychoactives (25,4 %). La consommation volontaire d’ecstasy est d’ailleurs estimée comme probable ou très probable pour 16,3 % de l’échantillon. De façon plus générale, les résultats à l’échelle DOSPERT indiquent que la propension à la prise de risque dans les domaines sociaux, des activités récréatives et de la santé et la sécurité est en moyenne plus élevée que la propension à la prise de risque dans les domaines de l’éthique ou des finances chez les étudiantes. De plus, la tendance à la prise de risque dans certains domaines varie en fonction de l’état civil, de la parentalité, du milieu de vie, du niveau de scolarité et de la propension à la prise de risque en soi.

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The Impact of Delinquency on Young Adult Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Cited by 38 publications

References 31 publications

Adverse life events and delinquent behavior among Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study on the protective role of parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem

Adverse life events and delinquent behavior among Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study on the protective role of parental monitoring, religiosity, and self-esteem

Adolescent Criminal Behavior, Population Heterogeneity, and Cumulative Disadvantage: Untangling the Relationship Between Adolescent Delinquency and Negative Outcomes in Emerging Adulthood

Qui sont les preneuses de risque ? L’intention d’adopter des conduites à risque chez les étudiantes postsecondaires québécoises

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