Depression and Delinquency Covariation in an Accelerated Longitudinal Sample of Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Kofler, Michael J.; McCart, Michael R.; Zajac, Kristyn; Ruggiero, Kenneth J.; Saunders, Benjamin E.; Kilpatrick, Dean G.
Titel	Depression and Delinquency Covariation in an Accelerated Longitudinal Sample of Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79 (2011) 4, S.458-469 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0024108
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Females; At Risk Persons; Adolescents; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Age Differences; Predictor Variables; Behavior Change; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Risikogruppe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Objectives: The current study tested opposing predictions stemming from the failure and acting out theories of depression-delinquency covariation. Method: Participants included a nationwide longitudinal sample of adolescents (N = 3,604) ages 12 to 17. Competing models were tested with cohort-sequential latent growth curve modeling to determine whether depressive symptoms at age 12 (baseline) predicted concurrent and age-related changes in delinquent behavior, whether the opposite pattern was apparent (delinquency predicting depression), and whether initial levels of depression predict changes in delinquency significantly better than vice versa. Results: Early depressive symptoms predicted age-related changes in delinquent behavior significantly better than early delinquency predicted changes in depressive symptoms. In addition, the impact of gender on age-related changes in delinquent symptoms was mediated by gender differences in depressive symptom changes, indicating that depressive symptoms are a particularly salient risk factor for delinquent behavior in girls. Conclusion: Early depressive symptoms represent a significant risk factor for later delinquent behavior--especially for girls--and appear to be a better predictor of later delinquency than early delinquency is of later depression. These findings provide support for the acting out theory and contradict failure theory predictions. (Contains 4 tables, 3 figures, and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10