Department of Developmental Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2009 Sep;38(5):630-8. doi: 10.1080/15374410903103502.
Adolescent delinquency and academic underachievement are both linked with child and adolescent behavior problems. However, little is known about behavioral pathways leading to these adverse outcomes. Children's aggression, opposition, status violations, and property violations scores were collected at ages 5, 10, and 18. Delinquency and academic functioning was rated at age 18. Age 18 status violations were linked to delinquency, and property violations to academic underachievement. Engagement in status and property violations was predicted by childhood opposition. Findings suggest that (a) disaggregated forms of externalizing behavior are needed to understand behavioral pathways to adverse outcomes and (b) prevention of adolescent delinquency and academic underachievement should target childhood opposition.
青少年犯罪和学业不良都与儿童和青少年的行为问题有关。然而，导致这些不良后果的行为途径知之甚少。在 5 岁、10 岁和 18 岁时收集了儿童的攻击性、对立、违反地位和侵犯财产行为的分数。在 18 岁时评估了犯罪行为和学业成绩。18 岁时的违反地位和侵犯财产行为与犯罪行为有关，而侵犯财产行为与学业不良有关。童年对立行为预测了地位和财产侵犯行为的发生。研究结果表明：（a）需要分解形式的外化行为，以了解导致不良后果的行为途径；（b）预防青少年犯罪和学业不良应针对儿童时期的对立行为。
