@article{ref1,
title="Reading attainment and juvenile delinquency",
journal="Journal of child psychology and psychiatry",
year="1994",
author="Williams, S. and McGee, R.",
volume="35",
number="3",
pages="441-459",
abstract="Structural equation modelling was used with data from a longitudinal study of child development (N = 698) to examine relationships between early reading attainment and antisocial behaviour at ages 7 and 9 years and subsequent reading and delinquent behaviour in adolescence. While reading, analysed as a continuous variable, did not directly influence later delinquency, antisocial behaviour during the early school years was strongly predictive of delinquency at age 15 years, particularly for boys, and had a detrimental effect on reading. These findings were independent of social disadvantage, and were unchanged by adjusting reading scores for IQ. Reading disability at 9 years old, however, predicted conduct disorder at age 15 in boys.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9630",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}