Social Maladjustment and Criminal Behavior Pattern Changes in Adolescents in Conflict with the Law

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Personality aspects that present a risk for criminal conducts are susceptible to changes. This study aimed to identify the profile of adolescents in conflict with the law based on the Social Maladjustment (SM) construct, to describe patterns of criminal conducts, and to verify the continuity and change on these variables, in a longitudinal prospective study. A sample of 78 adolescents answered to the Jesness Inventory-revised in Brazil and to the Questionnaire of Youth Behaviors, at two collection times (W1 and W2). The profiles were identified with latent class growth analysis and the behavior patterns were compared with Student's t test. Two classes were obtained: High SM and Normative SM. At W1, SM high scores were associated to high frequency in the perpetration of crimes and both classes had lower SM at W2. The results point to the possibility of changes in SM and in conduct over time.

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Galinari, L. S., Costa, R. C. S., Komatsu, A. V., & Bazon, M. R. (2021). Social Maladjustment and Criminal Behavior Pattern Changes in Adolescents in Conflict with the Law. Paideia, 30. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327E3040

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