Behavior

Findings from Iowa State University broaden understanding of behavior

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, August 8th, 2009

"Adolescents in delinquent gangs are at risk for multiple forms of antisocial behavior and related negative outcomes, including victimization. Theoretical attempts to explain the delinquency-gang nexus include selection, facilitation, and enhancement models, but each has limitations in terms of selection biases," scientists in the United States report.

"To redress this, the current study used propensity score matching (PSM) to evaluate the effects of gang membership on victimization at two time points using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The most antisocial youths and those with more delinquency victimization were more likely to join...

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Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2009-08-08)

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