TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Early Adolescent Risk Behavior Outcomes of Childhood Externalizing Behavioral Trajectories
JO  - Journal of early adolescence
A1  - Thompson, Richard
A1  - Jiyoung Kim Tabone, 
A1  - Litrownik, Alan J.
A1  - Briggs, Ernestine C.
A1  - Hussey, Jon M.
A1  - English, Diana J.
A1  - Dubowitz, Howard
SP  - 234
EP  - 257
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - Little is known about the early childhood indicators of adolescent risk. The link between trajectories of externalizing behavioral problems and early adolescent risk behavior was examined in a longitudinal sample of 875 child participants in the LONGSCAN studies. Five trajectory groups of children defined by externalizing behavior problems were identified: Low, Low-Medium, Moderate, Increasing-High, and High. After controlling for demographics and maltreatment, violent/delinquent behavior was significantly predicted by membership in the Moderate and Increasing-High problem behavior groups. Substance use in early adolescence was significantly predicted by membership in the High behavior problem group. These findings suggest that there is a great deal of continuity between patterns of externalizing behavior in childhood and risk-taking in early adolescence. Understanding the course of externalizing behavior in childhood can help identify children at particular risk for more serious behavioral problems in early adolescence.<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0272-4316
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431609361203
ID  - ref1
ER  -