Trajectories of Antisocial Behavior and Psychosocial Maturity from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Monahan, Kathryn C.; Steinberg, Laurence; Cauffman, Elizabeth; Mulvey, Edward P.
Titel	Trajectories of Antisocial Behavior and Psychosocial Maturity from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 6, S.1654-1668 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0015862
Schlagwörter	Maturity (Individuals); Antisocial Behavior; Self Control; Psychological Patterns; Age Differences; Adolescents; Young Adults; Aggression; Altruism; Responsibility; Resistance (Psychology); Peer Influence; Behavior Change; Developmental Stages; Delinquency; Males; Arizona; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reifung; Selbstbeherrschung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Resistenz; Kriminalität; Male; Männliches Geschlecht
Abstract	Most theorizing about desistance from antisocial behavior in late adolescence has emphasized the importance of individuals' transition into adult roles. In contrast, little research has examined how psychological development in late adolescence and early adulthood contributes desistance. The present study examined trajectories of antisocial behavior among serious juvenile offenders from 14 through 22 years of age and tested how impulse control, suppression of aggression, future orientation, consideration of others, personal responsibility, and resistance to peer influence distinguished between youths who persisted in antisocial behavior and youths who desisted. Different patterns of development in psychosocial maturity from adolescence to early adulthood, especially with respect to impulse control and suppression of aggression, distinguished among individuals who followed different trajectories of antisocial behavior. Compared with individuals who desisted from antisocial behavior, youths who persisted in antisocial behavior exhibited deficits in elements of psychosocial maturity, particularly in impulse control, suppression of aggression, and future orientation. (Contains 1 footnote, 6 tables, and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10