Citation

Williams S, McGee R. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 1994; 35(3): 441-459.

Affiliation

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8195305

Abstract

Structural equation modelling was used with data from a longitudinal study of child development (N = 698) to examine relationships between early reading attainment and antisocial behaviour at ages 7 and 9 years and subsequent reading and delinquent behaviour in adolescence. While reading, analysed as a continuous variable, did not directly influence later delinquency, antisocial behaviour during the early school years was strongly predictive of delinquency at age 15 years, particularly for boys, and had a detrimental effect on reading. These findings were independent of social disadvantage, and were unchanged by adjusting reading scores for IQ. Reading disability at 9 years old, however, predicted conduct disorder at age 15 in boys.

Language: en