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A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence.

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Dodge, KA; Pettit, GS
Published in: Developmental psychology
March 2003

A biopsychosocial model of the development of adolescent chronic conduct problems is presented and supported through a review of empirical findings. This model posits that biological dispositions and sociocultural contexts place certain children at risk in early life but that life experiences with parents, peers. and social institutions increment and mediate this risk. A transactional developmental model is best equipped to describe the emergence of chronic antisocial behavior across time. Reciprocal influences among dispositions, contexts, and life experiences lead to recursive iterations across time that exacerbate or diminish antisocial development. Cognitive and emotional processes within the child, including the acquisition of knowledge and social-information-processing patterns, mediate the relation between life experiences and conduct problem outcomes. Implications for prevention research and public policy are noted.

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Published In

Developmental psychology

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EISSN

1939-0599

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

349 / 371

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Parenting
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Culture
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Chronic Disease
  • Child
  • Age Factors
 

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Dodge, K. A., & Pettit, G. S. (2003). A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 349–371. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.39.2.349
Dodge, Kenneth A., and Gregory S. Pettit. “A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence.Developmental Psychology 39, no. 2 (March 2003): 349–71. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.39.2.349.
Dodge KA, Pettit GS. A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence. Developmental psychology. 2003 Mar;39(2):349–71.
Dodge, Kenneth A., and Gregory S. Pettit. “A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence.Developmental Psychology, vol. 39, no. 2, Mar. 2003, pp. 349–71. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0012-1649.39.2.349.
Dodge KA, Pettit GS. A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence. Developmental psychology. 2003 Mar;39(2):349–371.

Published In

Developmental psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-0599

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

349 / 371

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Parenting
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Culture
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Chronic Disease
  • Child
  • Age Factors