Desistance versus persistence in antisocial behavior

反社会行为的抵制与持续

• 批准号: 6909256
• 负责人: ROLF LOEBER
• 金额: $ 37.25万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-14 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6909256
• 关键词: academic achievement; antisocial personality; behavior prediction; behavioral /social science research tag; child psychology; clinical research; correctional institutions; criminal behavior; hospital utilization; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; juvenile delinquency; longitudinal human study; male; personality; psychological adaptation; psychopathology; socioeconomics; socioenvironment; violence; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): While predictors of persistent antisocial behavior have been identified, a dearth of longitudinal studies following children into adulthood has limited our understanding of the developmental processes associated with serious and persisting delinquency. Even less is known about the factors that lead some individuals who exhibit serious antisocial behavior over several years to later refrain from such behavior. The limited research in this area has suggested that desistance from delinquency generally takes place in late adolescence and early adulthood. The present proposal will examine processes associated with persistence and desistence from antisocial behavior in two samples of the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). The youngest and oldest samples of the PYS have been followed from childhood through adolescence with little attrition (18 and 16 longitudinal assessments, respectively). By following up the two samples at ages 25 (youngest sample) and 30 (oldest sample), we will be able to examine the nature of persistence and desistence from serious antisocial behavior across early adulthood, as well as to establish childhood/adolescent factors related to these outcomes. In addition, we will explore whether resistors are able to function as well adjusted adults, free from significant mental health problems (e.g., antisocial personality disorder, substance abuse, depression).

描述（由申请人提供）：虽然已经确定了持续的反社会行为的预测指标，但缺乏儿童进入成年后的纵向研究限制了我们对与严重和持续犯罪相关的发展过程的理解。关于导致一些在几年内表现出严重反社会行为的人的因素，更少的知识是避免这种行为。在这一领域的有限研究表明，违法行为的停止通常在青春期和成年初发生。本提案将研究匹兹堡青年研究（PYS）的两个样本中与反社会行为的持久性和欲望相关的过程。从童年到青春期，PYS中最年轻，最古老的样本几乎没有损耗（分别为18和16个纵向评估）。通过跟踪25岁（最年轻的样本）和30岁（最古老的样本）的两个样本，我们将能够检查整个成年早期严重的反社会行为的持久性和欲望的性质，并建立与这些结果相关的儿童/青少年因素。此外，我们将探讨电阻是否能够与精心调整的成年人发挥作用，而没有重大的心理健康问题（例如反社会人格障碍，药物滥用，抑郁症）。