Citation

Clingempeel WG, Henggeler SW. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 2003; 73(3): 310-323.

Affiliation

Family Services Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA. clingwg@musc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12921212

Abstract

Aggressive juvenile offenders (mean age = 15.6 years) were classified as persistors (n = 55) or desistors (n = 25) with aggressive crimes 5 years later (mean age = 20.6 years). At adolescence, desistors engaged in fewer aggressive acts, committed fewer property crimes, and behaved less aggressively and more positively toward peers. At emerging adulthood, desistors reported greater emotional support, higher job satisfaction, closer peer relationships, and fewer psychiatric problems. Findings largely remained significant after initial group differences were controlled.

Language: en