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Aggressive versus Nonaggressive Antisocial Behavior: Distinctive Etiological Moderation by Age
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Burt, S. Alexandra; Neiderhiser, Jenae M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Research has supported the existence of distinct behavioral patterns, demographic correlates, and etiologic mechanisms for aggressive (AGG) versus nonaggressive but delinquent (DEL) antisocial behavior. Though behavioral genetic studies have the potential to further crystallize these dimensions, inconsistent results have limited their…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Genetics, Environmental Influences
Stability of Aggression Over Time and Generations.
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Huesman, L. Rowell; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Studies the aggressiveness of over 600 subjects, their parents, and their children over a 22-year period. Subjects who were more aggressive 8-year-olds were more aggressive 30-year-olds, exhibiting serious antisocial behavior as adults. The stability of aggression across generations within a family was also high. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Latchkey Children and Susceptibility to Peer Pressure: An Ecological Analysis.
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines adolescents' susceptibility to peer pressure in after-school experiences in a large sample of fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth graders. Shows that adolescents who report home after school are not significantly different from those who are supervised by their parents at home during after-school hours. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Age-Related Differences in Children's Perceptions of Social Deviance: Changes in Behavior or in Perspective?
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Younger, Alastair J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines the roles of age of rater and age of children rated in grade-related shifts in children's perceptions of aggression and withdrawal. Shows that differences across grade level reported in children's peer rating largely reflect differences in the child raters' view of behavior. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Temperamental and Familial Predictors of Violent and Nonviolent Criminal Convictions: Age 3 to Age 18.
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Henry, Bill; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined the relations between family characteristics, childhood temperament, and convictions for violent and nonviolent offenses at age 18. Found that family factors were associated with both violent and nonviolent offenses, whereas childhood temperament was associated primarily with convictions for violent offenses. Results suggest potentially…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons
Better Autonomic Conditioning and Faster Electrodermal Half-Recovery Time at Age 15 Years as Possible Protective Factors Against Crime at Age 29 Years.
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Raine, Adrian; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Contrasted characteristics of antisocial adolescents who desist from crime in adulthood with characteristics of those who became adult criminals. Proposed that psychophysiological differences between the two groups could reveal procedures to protect vulnerable individuals against crime. Findings suggest that better conditioning and enhanced…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons
The Developmental Interface between Nature and Nurture: A Mutual Influence Model of Child Antisocial Behavior and Parent Behaviors.
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Ge, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined evidence for reciprocal influence between adoptive parents' behavior and heritable characteristics of adopted children. Found that psychiatric disorders of biological parents were significantly related to children's antisocial/hostile behaviors and consequently with adoptive parents' behavior. Also, the adoptee's antisocial/hostile…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adopted Children