TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Developmental trajectories of physical aggression and nonaggressive rule-breaking during late childhood and early adolescence JO - Criminal justice and behavior A1 - Givens, Eugena M. A1 - Reid, Joan A. SP - 395 EP - 414 VL - 46 IS - 3 N2 - Research has consistently linked two forms of childhood antisocial behavior, physical aggression and nonaggressive rule-breaking, to adolescent delinquency. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the development of problem behavior during the latter years of childhood and early adolescence (ages 6 to 14). The current study utilized longitudinal data that followed 756 at-risk males and females from early childhood into early adolescence to identify trajectories of physical aggression and nonaggressive rule-breaking and the association between documented risk factors with class membership. The findings supported a four-class model for both physical aggression and nonaggressive rule-breaking. Both models produced high, moderately high, average, and abstaining classes. However, the physical aggression models decreased as participants aged, while the nonaggressive rule-breaking classes increased. Family adversity, protective neighborhoods, negative child temperament, premature birth, race, and gender were associated with class membership. The study findings may inform targeted, problem-specific strategies aimed at early intervention.

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LA - en SN - 0093-8548 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854818803652 ID - ref1 ER -