Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior
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Caspi, A; Lynam, D; Moffitt, TE; Silva, PA
Published in: Developmental Psychology
January 1, 1993
We examined processes linking biological and behavioral changes in different contexts during adolescence by studying an unselected cohort of New Zealand girls from childhood through adolescence when they entered either mixed-sex or all-girl secondary schools. The impact of menarcheal timing on female delinquency was moderated by the sex composition of schools; early-maturing girls in mixed-sex settings were at greatest risk for delinquency. Individual differences in delinquency were also significantly more stable among girls in mixed-sex schools than among those in all-girl schools. These contextual variations are interpreted in terms of the differential distribution of reinforcements and opportunities for delinquency.
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Developmental Psychology
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0012-1649
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Volume
29
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1
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19 / 30
Related Subject Headings
- Developmental & Child Psychology
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 3904 Specialist studies in education
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
- 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
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Caspi, A., Lynam, D., Moffitt, T. E., & Silva, P. A. (1993). Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior. Developmental Psychology, 29(1), 19–30. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.29.1.19
Caspi, A., D. Lynam, T. E. Moffitt, and P. A. Silva. “Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior.” Developmental Psychology 29, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 19–30. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.29.1.19.
Caspi A, Lynam D, Moffitt TE, Silva PA. Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior. Developmental Psychology. 1993 Jan 1;29(1):19–30.
Caspi, A., et al. “Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior.” Developmental Psychology, vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 1993, pp. 19–30. Scopus, doi:10.1037/0012-1649.29.1.19.
Caspi A, Lynam D, Moffitt TE, Silva PA. Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior. Developmental Psychology. 1993 Jan 1;29(1):19–30.
Published In
Developmental Psychology
DOI
ISSN
0012-1649
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Volume
29
Issue
1
Start / End Page
19 / 30
Related Subject Headings
- Developmental & Child Psychology
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 3904 Specialist studies in education
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
- 1303 Specialist Studies in Education