TY - JOUR
T1 - Delinquency, School Context, and Risk Factors in India, Australia, and the United States
T2 - Implications for Prevention
AU - Parks, Michael J.
AU - Solomon, Renati J.
AU - Solomon, Shreeletha
AU - Rowland, Bosco C.
AU - Hemphill, Sheryl A.
AU - Patton, George C.
AU - Toumbourou, John W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Society for Research on Adolescence
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - There is a dearth of research on delinquency, school context, and risk factors across developed and developing nations. Using representative samples and matched surveys, we examined delinquency among cohorts in Mumbai, India (N = 3,717); Victoria, Australia (N = 1,842); and Washington State (WA), United States (N = 1,828). We used multivariate Poisson hierarchical linear modeling. Risk factor and delinquency levels varied across sites. Delinquency clustered within certain schools, particularly in Mumbai. Community disorganization exhibited an association with delinquency as a school-level context effect in Mumbai and Victoria. Peer delinquency, sensation seeking, and poor family management exhibited cross-nationally consistent associations with delinquency. Programs that target schools, the clustering of problem behaviors, and cross-nationally consistent risk factors should be considered internationally.
AB - There is a dearth of research on delinquency, school context, and risk factors across developed and developing nations. Using representative samples and matched surveys, we examined delinquency among cohorts in Mumbai, India (N = 3,717); Victoria, Australia (N = 1,842); and Washington State (WA), United States (N = 1,828). We used multivariate Poisson hierarchical linear modeling. Risk factor and delinquency levels varied across sites. Delinquency clustered within certain schools, particularly in Mumbai. Community disorganization exhibited an association with delinquency as a school-level context effect in Mumbai and Victoria. Peer delinquency, sensation seeking, and poor family management exhibited cross-nationally consistent associations with delinquency. Programs that target schools, the clustering of problem behaviors, and cross-nationally consistent risk factors should be considered internationally.
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U2 - 10.1111/jora.12455
DO - 10.1111/jora.12455
M3 - Article
C2 - 30260070
AN - SCOPUS:85053901640
SN - 1050-8392
VL - 30
SP - 143
EP - 157
JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence
JF - Journal of Research on Adolescence
IS - S1
ER -
