Citation

Mason WA, Windle M. Youth Soc. 2002; 33(4): 479-514.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Three alternative theories of the continuity of delinquent behavior throughout childhood and into adolescence were evaluated with a series of nested structural equation models in a sample of 840 middle adolescents. Longitudinal analyses revealed that childhood behavior problems were related directly and indirectly (through age-graded social control variables) to adolescent delinquency among boys. Childhood behavior problems had unmediated effects on girls' major delinquency but were only indirectly related to girls' minor delinquency. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Youth and Society, 2002. Copyright © 2002 by SAGE Publications)

Child Offender
Child Delinquency
Juvenile Offender
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Self-Control
Child Self-Control
Child Female
Child Male
Male Offender
Male Delinquency
Female Offender
Female Delinquency
Juvenile Female
Juvenile Male
Gender Differences
Social Control
Child Behavior
Child Problem Behavior
Behavior Effects
Female Behavior
Juvenile Behavior
Delinquency Causes
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