Abstract
The present quantitative, cross-sectional study addressed a research gap regarding the differential influence of risk factors in predicting delinquency among immigrant and nonimmigrant adolescents. One research question was evaluated using a school-based sample of 2,091 U.S. adolescents (4% first-generation immigrants, 14% second-generation immigrants, 82% native-born) from the Second International Self-Reported Delinquency Study Dataset. Multiple regression analyses demonstrate that delinquency for each generational status group is predicted by different sets of variables. The findings indicate individual factors such as level of self-control for first-generation immigrants, self-control and environmental factors for second-generation immigrants, and a combination of psychosocial, individual, and environmental factors for native-born youth may serve as critical risk factors of delinquency. Implications of these findings for future research and enhancing the cultural responsiveness of interventions are discussed.
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