Laban, L.W., Harmer, W., Retzler, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-3104 et al. (1 more author) (2025) Identifying Classes and Correlates of Anti-social Behaviour in Early Adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence. ISSN 0272-4316
Abstract
Despite evidence that early anti-social behaviours can persist and escalate into adulthood, understanding of how these behaviours present in early adolescence and the associated factors, is limited. Using secondary data from 11,868 9-to-10-year-olds recruited to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, we applied latent class analysis (LCA) to 20 items from the parent-rated Child Behaviour Checklist. Three classes were identified: Rule-abiding (66.52%), Infrequent-disobedient (27.85%) and Frequent-delinquent (5.63%). The socio-demographic composition of these classes varied based on sex, ethnicity and household income. A multinomial regression demonstrated that, while the classes were mostly associated with independent sets of factors, there was some commonality in factors associated with increased anti-social behaviour, including the presence of parental mental disorders, increased parental transgressive behaviour and family conflict. Generally, environmental factors were more strongly associated with class membership than psychological factors. These findings can be used to inform the development of targeted preventative policies and interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2025. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | anti-social behaviour, latent class, early adolescence, environmental factors, psychological factors |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2025 14:03 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2025 11:56 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/027243162513431 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:225699 |