Patterns and precursors of adolescent antisocial behaviour: outcomes and connections

by Diana Smart, Nick Richardson, Ann Sanson, Inez Dussuyer, Bernie Marshall, and the Australian Temperament Project team John W. Toumbourou, Margot Prior and Frank Oberklaid

Third report, 2005. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Institute of Family Studies and Crime Prevention Victoria.
ISBN 0642395292, 136p.

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Preliminary pages - title, contents, authors - (PDF 92 KB)
Executive summary - (PDF 52 KB)
Introduction (PDF 55 KB)
Chapter 2: Transitions to early adulthood and the continuation, cessation and commencement of antisocial behaviour (PDF 232 KB)
Chapter 3: Connections between antisocial behaviour and victimisation (PDF 261 KB)
Chapter 4: The role of substance use in the development of adolescent antisocial behaviour (PDF 339 KB)
Chapter 5: Pathways to persistent adolescent antisocial behaviour: Why do some low risk children become antisocial adolescents? (PDF 471 KB)
Chapter 6: Motivations to comply with the law, attitudes, and antisocial behaviour (PDF 247 KB)
Chapter 7: Concordance between official records and self-reports (PDF 152 KB)
Chapter 8: Conclusions (PDF 69 KB)
References (PDF 76 KB)

Appendices

Appendix 1: Summary of Australian Temperament Project Measures Used At 19-20 Years. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 2: Tables of Comparison of the Persistent, Experimental, Late-onset and Low/no antisocial groups on: life circumstances; individual attributes; adjustment; and, interpersonal and community relationships. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 3: Details of logistic regression analyses investigating differences between 1) antisocial groups who had, or had not, experienced victimisation; and 2) low/non antisocial groups who had, or had not, experienced victimisation; using variables derived from the routine activities and interpersonal perspectives. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 4: Details of multinomial logistic regression analyses investigating differences between the low/non antisocial group and the experimental and persistent antisocial groups on rates of substance use. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 5: Details of multinomial logistic regression analyses investigating differences between the comparison group and the violent, non-violent, and dual problem antisocial groups on rates of substance use. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 6: Proportion of adolescents using particular substances at moderate/high levels at 13-14, 15-16, or 17-18 years of age who were also involved in other types of moderate/high substance use. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 7: Use of specific substances at 13-14 years and subsequent antisocial behaviour and/or specific substance use at 15-16 and 17-18 years. MS Word | PDF
Appendix 8: Results of manova analyses comparing the low/non antisocial, the low risk persistently antisocial, and the high risk persistently antisocial groups from mid childhood to early adulthood. MS Word | PDF

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