Antisocial behavior and mental health problems / Rolf Loeber ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Loeber, Rolf .

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BookPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1997Description: viii, 330 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0805829563 .Subject(s): Problem youth -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies | Problem children -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studiesDDC classification: 618.9289

Contents:

Introduction: Juvenile delinquency, substance use, sexual behavior and mental health problems -- Data-collection procedures -- Measurement instruments and constructs -- Prevalence, frequency and onset -- Explanatory factors for delinquency -- Explanatory factors for substance use -- Explanatory factors for sexual intercourse -- Explanatory factors for attention deficit/hyperactivity and conduct problems -- Explanatory factors for physical aggression and covert behaviors -- Explanatory factors for depressed mood and shy/withdrawn behavior -- Explanatory factors for multiple risk and multiple problem boys -- Summary and conclusions.

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Epidemiological surveys have provided key information about the prevalence and degree of seriousness at different ages of a wide array of problem behaviors such as delinquency, substance use, early sexual involvement, and mental health disorders. Knowledge of the extent of these problems and changes in their course over time is important. In its absence, interventions and health planning in general can be difficult. Understanding which risk and protective factors are relevant to which problem behaviors is also essential for the formulation of theories that constitute the basis of intervention.

This book draws on the results of the major Pittsburgh Youth Study complemented by follow-up tracking of juvenile court records for more than six years, to address the following questions:
*What is the prevalence and age of onset of delinquency, substance use, and early sexual behavior for three samples of boys age 8, 11, and 14? What are the average mental health problems for these ages? How strong are the relationships among these problem behaviors in each of the samples?
*Which variables best explain individual differences among the boys in their manifestations of delinquency, substance use, early sexual behavior, and mental health problems? To what extent do explanatory factors vary with age? How accurately can boys with different outcomes be identified by risk scores based on hierarchical multiple regressions?
*To what extent are explanatory factors associated with one outcome that are also associated with other outcomes? Are explanatory factors that are especially characteristic of a multiproblem group of boys--who display many different problem behaviors--different from explanatory factors associated with boys with few problems?
*Do the results fit a general theory of juvenile problem behaviors, or is a differentiated theory more applicable?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-301) and index.

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Preface (p. vii)
1 Introduction: Juvenile Delinquency, Substance Use, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health Problems (p. 1)
2 Data-Collection Procedures (p. 25)
3 Measurement Instruments and Constructs (p. 39)
4 Prevalence, Frequency, and Onset (p. 75)
5 Explanatory Factors for Delinquency (p. 97)
6 Explanatory Factors for Substance Use (p. 131)
7 Explanatory Factors for Sexual Intercourse (p. 151)
8 Explanatory Factors for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity and Conduct Problems (p. 165)
9 Explanatory Factors for Physical Aggression and Covert Behaviors (p. 185)
10 Explanatory Factors for Depressed Mood and Shy/Withdrawn Behavior (p. 201)
11 Explanatory Factors for Multiple Risk and Multiple Problem Boys (p. 217)
12 Summary and Conclusions (p. 249)
Methodological Appendix (p. 269)
References (p. 285)
Author Index (p. 303)
Subject Index (p. 309)

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Loeber et al. report on a longitudinal study of three sets of about 500 boys in Pittsburgh schools--originally sampled at ages seven, 11, and 14. The study was intended to determine the frequency of problem behavior (e.g., delinquency, substance abuse, early sexual activity, and mental health problems) and the variables that explain individual differences in problem behaviors. Data were obtained at two interviews, six months apart, of boys, their caregivers, and their teachers. Results indicate that the frequency of delinquency was greater in older boys. About 55 percent of younger boys had committed some delinquent act at home, compared with about 76 percent of the two older cohorts (table 4.2). Researchers selected 40 variables to explain problem behavior. Those variables found to be most strongly related to delinquent behavior were lack of guilt in the child, poor family supervision, and being in a family that was broken or on welfare. Findings are presented in 12 chapters, supplemented by a 15-page methodological appendix and 18 pages of references. Most readers are likely to see the volume as pedestrian, offering little that is not already known and consequently of limited use. Upper-division undergraduates and above. D. Harper; University of Rochester