title: Self-reported delinquent behavior and psychosocial functioning in inner-city teenagers: a brief report.
abstract: Evaluated psychosocial characteristics of inner-city ninth graders exceeding a cutoff for clinically significant delinquent behaviors (n = 27), as compared to youth whose self-reported delinquent behaviors fell below this cutoff (n = 136). Youth reporting high levels of delinquent behavior reported more life stress, depression and anxiety, lower self-concept, and less cohesive families than other students. Females reporting high levels of delinquent behavior were more likely to have poor classroom and school attendance than other females; this relationship did not hold for males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201-1549, USA. mweist@umpsy.ab.umd.edu
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Weist
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Paskewitz
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012647:Self-Assessment; D014505:Urban Population