Prevalence Of Antisocial Behavior Research Articles

The Effect of Psychoeducation on Attitudes toward Violence and Risky Behaviors among Refugee Adolescents.

This study was conducted to examine the effect of psychoeducation on attitudes toward violence and risky behaviors among refugee adolescents. This was a randomized controlled experimental study conducted with refugee adolescents (n = 101) studying in a high school in southern Turkey. After psychoeducation, it was determined that there was a significant decrease in the prevalence of antisocial behaviors, alcohol use, suicidal thoughts, unhealthy eating habits, and school dropout thoughts among adolescents according to the subdimensions of the risky behavior scale. Psychoeducation was found to be effective in reducing attitudes toward violence and preventing risky behaviors among refugee adolescents.

Prevalence of Anti-Social Behavior Among Women with Substance Use Disorder in Pakistan

Prevalence of Anti-Social Behavior Among Women with Substance Use Disorder in Pakistan

Prevalence of Antisocial Behavior among Secondary School Students in Nairobi City County

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine how common antisocial behavior is among secondary school students in Nairobi City County. 
 Methodology: The study employed a parallel convergent mixed-method design with a target population of 38,641 adolescents, parents, and teachers in Nairobi County secondary schools. Quantitative Data was collected from 398 adolescents in forms 2 and 3 via random sampling. All school categories were represented through cling cluster sampling, while simple random sampling selected respondents within each school. Qualitative data was purposively obtained from 10 students, 10 parents, and 10 teachers. Proven psychometric tools like Assessment of identity Development in Adolescence, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Children’s Perception of Inter-Parental Conflict Scale, and Dhaka Stress Scale-Adolescent collected quantitative data. Pearson coefficient correlations were calculated using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 25) to explore relationships between variables.
 Findings: Based on this analysis, this study revealed the prevalence of moderate to severe antisocial behaviour in at least half of the adolescents in Nairobi. This is, however, not unique to the county. In attempting to explain the causes of antisocial behaviour among adolescents using the Problem Behaviour Theory by Jessor, et al. (2004), many scholars have witnessed it as a worldwide phenomenon.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended for the involvement of counselling professionals in the screening and treatment. The Ministry of Education must also undertake the task of harmonizing the school curriculum. By doing so, the curriculum can be developed into a well-balanced and comprehensive framework that promotes a healthier learning environment for students.

The influence of moral disengagement and negative emotion on antisocial sport behavior.

Given the prevalence of antisocial behavior in sport, researchers have begun to explore the role of self-regulatory processes in reducing such conduct. In this research, we examined the effects of moral disengagement on emotion and antisocial sport behavior. Specifically, we investigated whether moral disengagement facilitated antisocial behavior and whether this effect was mediated by anticipated feelings of guilt. Using a cross-sectional design, Study 1 found that the relationship between moral disengagement and antisocial behavior was partially mediated by anticipated guilt. Using an experimental design, Study 2 found that attribution of blame (i.e., moral disengagement mechanism) reduced negative emotional reactions to antisocial behavior and increased reported likelihood to act antisocially; this latter effect was mediated by anticipated guilt. The present findings provide empirical support for Bandura’s (1991) social‐ cognitive theory of moral thought and action, whereby moral disengagement facilitates antisocial behavior partly because it affects anticipated guilt.

Targeted prevention of anti-social behavior in an urban context

Preventive interventions for reducing anti-social behavior in youth are generally set in urban contexts. This article contains basic proposals about where to begin with preventive activities (areas with high prevalence), which underlying factors to target (risk factors), and what gains these interventions may yield (Attributable Fractions (AF)). This is a cross-sectional study of anti-social behavior among 5657 youth (12–15 years) who live in 55 neighborhoods within 11 boroughs in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). The prevalence of anti-social behavior, the risk factors and AF are analyzed on three levels (neighborhood, borough and city). This article addresses ways to tackle anti-social behavior effectively through social crime prevention. We focus on specific problem areas, identify the risk factors associated with these areas, and put together a package of preventive policies and interventions aimed at addressing these.

Antisocial Behavior, Psychopathology and Functional Impairment: Association with Sex and Age in Clinical Children and Adolescents

This study examined the prevalence, degree of association and differential effect, by sex and age, of conduct disorder symptoms on psychopathology and functioning. Participants included 680 Spanish children and adolescents between 8 and 17 years and their parents, attending to psychiatric outpatient consultation. Data were obtained through structured diagnostic interviews, and other measures of psychopathological outcomes and functional impairment. In general, the prevalence of antisocial behavior did not differ significantly by sex or age. Results indicated a higher frequency for 13-17 year olds, and a greater number of symptoms in boys. Moreover, some symptoms of conduct disorder showed developmental variations. Sex and age differentially affected the expression of some conduct disorder symptoms and their associations with functional impairment and severity of psychopathology. Knowing the different expression of each symptom could help to identify these problems in clinical children and adolescents, contributing to an early detection of population at the highest risk of serious psychopathology and worse prognosis.

Serious and Violent Juvenile Delinquency: An Update

This essay updates findings set out in Ernstige en gewelddadige jeugddelinquentie: Omvang, oorzaken en interventies [Serious and Violent Juvenile Delinquency: Prevalence, Causes, and Interventions] (2001), edited by Rolf Loeber, N. Wim Slot, and Joseph A. Sergeant. Recent secular changes in the prevalence of antisocial behavior and serious delinquency are either unknown or inclusive. Developmental aspects of sexually delinquent behaviors remain poorly undertood. Similar risk factors explaining delinquency apply to different ethnic groups. The severity of delinquency is positively associated with the presence of mental health disorders, but not all studies agree. Increasing population diversity requires use of measurement instruments that are culturally sensitive and reliable. Similar relationships between family factors and antisocial behavior hold for different ethnic groups. Progress has been made with the construction of screening devices for the identification of high‐risk groups of youths. Advances have been made in implementing and evaluating preventive programs for different age groups, but evaluations of interventions in juvenile institutions and in the justice system remain a high priority.

Translating what we know about the context of antisocial behavior into a lower prevalence of such behavior.

Although we have identified many variables that affect antisocial behavior, there is no evidence that we have learned how to reduce the incidence of such behavior or the proportion of young people who repeatedly engage in antisocial behavior. It is appropriate, therefore, for behavioral scientists to turn some of their energies to research on reducing the incidence and prevalence of antisocial behavior. Small communities may be a particularly useful social unit in which to conduct experimental research. The interventions to be tested include advocacy and community organizing to influence communities to make validated school and clinical interventions widely available and to assist them in increasing other forms of supervision of young people and social and material support of families. Key components of advocacy and community organizing are suggested, and possibilities for research are described.

The prevalence of antisocial behavior among U.S. Army DWI offenders.

This study compares arrest records for three groups of male soldiers. The first group of 76 had been arrested for DWI, completed a 5-day, in-patient evaluation/education program and were subsequently re-arrested, all within the period from January 1985 through December 1987. The second group of 76 was composed of a random sample, matched by age and ethnicity who had completed the 5-day program following a DWI but had not been re-arrested. The third group was a control group of 76, matched by age and ethnicity, but with no record of DWI, who were randomly selected from the same military units as the initial two groups. Soldiers with one DWI had significantly more arrests than did soldiers in the control group; soldiers with two DWI arrests had significantly more arrests than either of the other groups. The data indicate that soldiers apprehended for DWI are more likely than non-arrestees to be arrested for a wide variety of antisocial behaviors.