title: Testing a model of the influence of family problem factors on high-risk youths' troubled behavior: a three-wave longitudinal study.
abstract: Using data collected in a study of arrested youths processed at a juvenile assessment center who entered a home-based family intervention project, the authors test a three-stage longitudinal model. The model reflects a developmental damage view of the relationships of the youths' family problems (including their physical abuse and sexual victimization experiences) to their drug use and delinquent behavior over time. The hypothesized model is supported by the data. Research, theoretical, and policy implications of the results are drawn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dembo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wothke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seeberger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shemwell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rollie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmeidler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hartsfield
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Livingston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002649:Child Abuse; D003415:Crime; D003710:Demography; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology