Antisocial Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Descriptive Study
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Extensive scientific literature suggests that antisocial behaviours in and out of school increase in adolescence, even among students who showed mostly a socially desirable behaviour in childhood. Nevertheless, the number of studies that have provided a global vision of antisocial behaviours in different age groups of students is still low. Thus, the aim of the study was to describe antisocial behaviours in Andalusian children and adolescents. Data were collected through self-reports of 1,483 participants in primary and secondary education. Results showed that, compared to girls, boys showed high involvement in vandalism, violence, and substance use. Secondary education students were more involved in some antisocial behaviours (such as stealing, status offences and substance use) compared to primary school students, highlighting the 14 years of age as the beginning of the greatest involvement in these types of behaviours. The need to face these problem behaviours through preventive and educational processes and interventions, with special attention to the critical years, is discussed.
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Nasaescu , E., Ortega-Ruiz, R., Llorent , V. J., & Zych , I. (2021). Antisocial Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Descriptive Study. Psychology, Society & Education, 12(3), 201–213. Retrieved from https://journals.uco.es/psye/article/view/13975
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Gómez-Ortiz, O., Romera-Félix, E. M., & Ortega-Ruiz, R. (2017). The skill to manage emotions and social life and their link to bullying and good relationships at school. Revista Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado, 88, 27 - 38.
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Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., Van Kammen, W., & Farrington, D. (1989). Development of a new measure of self-reported antisocial behavior for young children: Prevalence and reliability. En M. W. Klein (Ed.), Cross national research and self-reported crime and delinquency. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer-Nijhoff.
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Moffitt, T. E., & Caspi, A. (2001). Childhood predictors differentiate life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways among males and females. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 355 - 375. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579401002097
Moffitt, T., Caspi, A., Rutter, M., & Silva, P. (2001). Sex differences in the prevalence of antisocial behavior: Categorical diagnostic measures. In Sex Differences in AntisocialBehavior: Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study (Cambridge Studies in Criminology, pp.38-52). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
doi:10.1017/CBO9780511490057.005
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Ortega-Ruiz, R., Calmaestra, J., & Mora-Merchán, J. A. (2008). Cyberbullying. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 8(2), 183 - 192.
Ortega-Ruiz, R., & Mora-Merchán, J. (2008). Las redes de iguales y el fenómeno del acoso escolar: Explorando el esquema dominio-sumisión. Infancia y Aprendizaje: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 31, 515 - 528. http://dx.doi.org/10.1174/021037008786140922
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Rutter, M., Giller, H., & Hagell, A. (1998). Antisocial behavior by young people. New York, US: Cambridge University Press.
Serrano, G., El-Astal, S., & Faro, F. (2004). La adolescencia en España, Palestina y Portugal: análisis comparativo. Psicothema, 16, 468 - 475.
Sijtsema, J. J., & Lindenberg, S. M. (2018). Peer influence in the development of adolescent antisocial behavior: Advances from dynamic social network studies. Developmental Review,
50, 140 - 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2018.08.002
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