Citation

Dembo R, Briones-Robinson R, Ungaro R, Gulledge LM, Karas L, Winters KC, Belenko S, Greenbaum PE. J. Emot. Behav. Disord. (Austin) 2012; 20(3): 157-168.

Affiliation

Criminology Department University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Hammill Institute on Disabilities, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1063426610396221

PMID

23766624

PMCID

PMC3678968

Abstract

Latent class analysis was conducted on the psychosocial problems experienced by truant youths. Data were obtained from baseline interviews completed on 131 youths and their parents/guardians involved in a NIDA-funded, Brief Intervention Project. Results identified two classes of youths: Class 1(n=94): youths with low levels of delinquency, mental health and substance abuse issues, Class 2(n=37): youths with high levels of these problems. Comparison of these two classes on their urine analysis test results and parent/guardian reports of traumatic events found significant (p<.05) differences between them that were consistent with their problem group classification. Our results have important implications for research and practice.

Language: en