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Risk and protection in the development of problem behaviors in adolescents
Author(s) -
Bartlett Robin,
HolditchDavis Diane,
Belyea Michael,
Halpern Carolyn Tucker,
Beeber Linda
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20163
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , longitudinal study , psychology , developmental psychology , adolescent health , clinical psychology , medicine , nursing , pathology , computer science , programming language
Abstract The development of problem behaviors among adolescents is affected by complex interactions between risk and protective factors. This study was designed to determine whether selected risk and protective factors described among participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health predicted problem behavior cluster membership. Approximately, 13,000 adolescents from the Add Health study were examined. Three clusters of adolescents ( exhibiting normal, problem , and deviant behaviors) and changes in cluster membership over 1 year were examined for relationships to specific risk and protective factors. Findings revealed that factors for current behavior problems differ from those for changes in cluster membership. These results suggest that approaches to preventing problems may differ from those required to help adolescents who are already manifesting problems. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 29: 607–621, 2006