The Relationship between Pubertal Timing and Delinquent Behavior in Maltreated Male and Female Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Negriff, Sonya; Trickett, Penelope K.
Titel	The Relationship between Pubertal Timing and Delinquent Behavior in Maltreated Male and Female Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 30 (2010) 4, S.518-542 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431609338180
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Adolescents; Interaction; Puberty; Gender Differences; Child Abuse; Males; Females; Correlation; Comparative Analysis; Preadolescents; Early Adolescents; Context Effect; Racial Differences; African Americans; Whites; Hispanic Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interaktion; Pubertät; Geschlechterkonflikt; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Korrelation; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Rassenunterschied; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	This study examined the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquent behavior across two time points in a sample of 303 maltreated and 151 comparison adolescents aged between 9 and 13 years at enrollment. The first aim was to examine the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency for the total sample and then to test for gender differences using multiple group models. The second aim was to examine the interaction effect of pubertal timing and maltreatment on delinquency as well as gender differences for this interaction effect. Results showed that earlier pubertal timing was related to higher delinquency and this relationship was not significantly different for males and females. Maltreatment did not moderate the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency for the total sample; however, there was evidence of a three-way interaction. These findings highlighted the need to examine contextual factors that may affect the amplification and direction of these relationships. (Contains 2 notes, 4 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10