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Multisystemic Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Effects on Adolescent Behavior and Family Interaction.
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Henggeler, Scott W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Evaluates the efficacy of a multisystemic approach to treatment of juvenile offenders and their families. One group of delinquent adolescents received family-ecological treatment, another group of delinquent adolescents received an alternative treatment, and normal adolescents served as developmental controls. Findings support a multisystemic…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns
Pattern of Child Sexual Abuse by Young Aggressors.
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Alert-Dancer, Claire; Halley, Nancy; Hamate, Maryam; Bernard-Bonnie, Anne-Claude – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
Medical evaluation of 316 children, mean age 6 years, found 39 perpetrators of sexual abuse were less than 16 years old and 15 were between 16 and 19. Young aggressors were more likely to abuse older female children. Adolescent aggressors appeared to engage in more genital/genital and genital/anal sexual abuse than older aggressors. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
Methods of Sequential Analyses for Studying Family Interactions.
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Lichtenberg, James W.; Powell, Lynda K. – 1984
Research on family interaction patterns suggests that delinquent behaviors of children and adolescents may be related to, if not a direct function of, disordered interpersonal interaction within the family unit. Family interaction can be seen as a sequence of interlocking events occurring over time and consisting of the three basic characteristics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Delinquency