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Protective factors and resilience

Lösel, Friedrich, Bender, Doris·2003·Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour

Abstract

Introduction The majority of studies on antisocial behaviour have focused on causes and risk factors. Thanks particularly to prospective longitudinal studies, we now have a pretty good understanding of the characteristics of youngsters who are at risk of becoming serious offenders (e.g., Loeber and Farrington, 1998). Developmental models such as Moffitt's (1993a) taxonomy of adolescence-limited and life course-persistent antisociality, the distinction between early and late starters (Patterson et al. , 1991), or the three pathways model of overt, covert, and authority conflict from Loeber and Hay (1994) offer explanations for the onset, persistence, and aggravation of various forms of antisocial behaviour. Although researchers do not agree about the number and structure of different pathways to serious delinquency (Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber, 1998; Nagin and Tremblay, 1999), children who show both overt and covert antisocial behaviour and early official delinquency seem to be particularly at risk for chronic offending (Farrington and Loeber, 2001; Patterson et al ., 1998). However, most research on persistent antisociality focuses on risks, deficits, and negative behavioural trends. Much less attention is paid to processes of abstaining or desistance (Farrington, 1994; Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber, 1998; Nagin and Tremblay, 1999). Such processes are no rarity: for example, in the Kauai Study (Werner and Smith, 1992; see below), one out of three high-risk children grew into a competent, confident, and caring young adult. Robins (1978) and Moffitt et al. (1996) have shown that about one half of children with conduct disorders or extreme antisociality did not go on to serious criminal outcomes.

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Authors
Lösel, F., & Bender, D.
Affiliations
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
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Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour
Published
2003-04-17
Pages
130-204
OpenAlex
W1563401256
Cited by
219
References
357
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33.80
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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closed
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Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
protective factors, resilience, antisocial behavior, desistance from crime, chronic offending, conduct disorder

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