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Introduction: For Better or Worse: Intimate Relationships as Sources of Risk or Resilience for Girls' Delinquency
Author(s) -
Kerig Patricia K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12076
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychology , aggression , developmental psychology , psychological resilience , persistence (discontinuity) , longitudinal study , adolescent development , social psychology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , pathology , engineering
The recent rise in arrest rates for violent offenses among girls has sparked an increased interest in understanding the risk and protective factors associated with girls' aggression. Particular attention has been drawn to the role that girls' intimate relationships may play in promoting persistence or desistence from delinquency. To this end, a number of independent laboratories have been engaged in conducting prospective longitudinal studies to uncover the influence of romantic relationships on girls' antisocial behavior through the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood, which are gathered together in this special section. This article introduces the contributions to the special section and considers both the lessons provided and the directions needed for future research devoted to understanding girls' delinquency and aggression.