Citation

Monahan KC, King KM, Shulman EP, Cauffman E, Chassin L. Dev. Psychopathol. 2015; 27(4 Pt 1): 1267-1283.

Affiliation

University of Arizona.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0954579414001394

PMID

26439073

Abstract

Impulse control and future orientation increase across adolescence, but little is known about how contextual factors shape the development of these capacities. The present study investigates how stress exposure, operationalized as exposure to violence, alters the developmental pattern of impulse control and future orientation across adolescence and early adulthood. In a sample of 1,354 serious juvenile offenders, higher exposure to violence was associated with lower levels of future orientation at age 15 and suppressed development of future orientation from ages 15 to 25. Increases in witnessing violence or victimization were linked to declines in impulse control 1 year later, but only during adolescence. Thus, beyond previous experiences of exposure to violence, witnessing violence and victimization during adolescence conveys unique risk for suppressed development of self-regulation.

KW: Juvenile justice

Language: en