title: Pathways of behavior problems from childhood to late adolescence leading to delinquency and academic underachievement.
abstract: Adolescent delinquency and academic underachievement are both linked with child and adolescent behavior problems. However, little is known about behavioral pathways leading to these adverse outcomes. Children's aggression, opposition, status violations, and property violations scores were collected at ages 5, 10, and 18. Delinquency and academic functioning was rated at age 18. Age 18 status violations were linked to delinquency, and property violations to academic underachievement. Engagement in status and property violations was predicted by childhood opposition. Findings suggest that (a) disaggregated forms of externalizing behavior are needed to understand behavioral pathways to adverse outcomes and (b) prevention of adolescent delinquency and academic underachievement should target childhood opposition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maartje
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Timmermans
authors.forename: Pol A C
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: van Lier
authors.forename: Hans M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Koot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014477:Underachievement