The self-report delinquency scale from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health among at-risk for delinquency youths / Pedro Pechorro...[et.al.]
Idioma: Inglês.Publicação: [S.l.] : Springer, 2018Descrição física: 18 p.; 30 cm PDFColeção: Violence and VictimsAssunto: 705 | 5166 | 8713 | 8510 | 689 | 8490 | 5061 | 279Localização e Cota : 159.9PEC Resumo: Juvenile delinquency is a universal problem, with serious personal, economic, and socialconsequences that span national boundaries. Thus, cross-culturally valid and reliable measuresof delinquency are critical to providing a better understanding of the causes, correlates,and outcomes of delinquency. The main aim of the present study was to examine thepsychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the self-report delinquency measureitems created for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Asample (N = 412) of male (n = 200) and female (n = 212) at-risk for delinquency youthsagreed to participate in the present study. The measure demonstrated satisfactory psychometricproperties, namely in terms of its two-factor structure (violent and nonviolent delinquency),internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, criterion-relatedvalidity, and known-groups validity. Findings suggest the Add Health Self-Report Delinquency(AHSRD) is an interculturally valid and reliable measure of violent and nonviolentdelinquency among at-risk male and female youths.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Juvenile delinquency is a universal problem, with serious personal, economic, and socialconsequences that span national boundaries. Thus, cross-culturally valid and reliable measuresof delinquency are critical to providing a better understanding of the causes, correlates,and outcomes of delinquency. The main aim of the present study was to examine thepsychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the self-report delinquency measureitems created for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Asample (N = 412) of male (n = 200) and female (n = 212) at-risk for delinquency youthsagreed to participate in the present study. The measure demonstrated satisfactory psychometricproperties, namely in terms of its two-factor structure (violent and nonviolent delinquency),internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, criterion-relatedvalidity, and known-groups validity. Findings suggest the Add Health Self-Report Delinquency(AHSRD) is an interculturally valid and reliable measure of violent and nonviolentdelinquency among at-risk male and female youths.
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