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Antisocial development: A holistic approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2009

Håkan Stattin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Örebro University
David Magnusson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University
*
Prof. H. Stattin, Dept. of Social Science, Orebro Univ., Box 923, 701 82 Orebro, Sweden (E-mail: hs@psychology.su.se).

Abstract

In this study, we examine issues related to the development of antisocial behavior, using data from three ongoing Swedish longitudinal projects. A correlational strategy is contrasted with a configurational approach. The correlational analyses reveal quite high temporal rank-order stabilities of behavioral problems, for both sexes, and also long-term statistical connections between childhood problems and adolescent and adult adjustment problems. However, these associations are of a modest size. This is to be expected in view of the operation of processes of a more temporary nature and of the timing of adjustment problems. It is argued here that a configurational approach, simultaneously taking into consideration relevant aspects of the individuals' risk panorama, offers a perspective on developmental pathways that is not provided by common multivariate approaches. Results from this more person-centered approach show the strong impact of adolescent multirisk patterns on future criminality and on drug and alcohol abuse. Findings also reveal that individual personal resources in adolescence may quite strongly reduce the risk of developing future criminality and drug and alcohol abuse for multiproblem individuals.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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