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Testing an Idealized Dynamic Cascade Model of the Development of Serious Violence in Adolescence

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Dodge, Kenneth A, Greenberg, Mark T, Malone, Patrick S, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group·2008·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01233.xPMC PMC2597335
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A dynamic cascade model of development of serious adolescent violence was proposed and tested through prospective inquiry with 754 children (50% male; 43% African American) from 27 schools at 4 geographic sites followed annually from kindergarten through Grade 11 (ages 5–18). Self, parent, teacher, peer, observer, and administrative reports provided data. Partial least squares analyses revealed a cascade of prediction and mediation: An early social context of disadvantage predicts harsh–inconsistent parenting, which predicts social and cognitive deficits, which predicts conduct problem behavior, which predicts elementary school social and academic failure, which predicts parental withdrawal from supervision and monitoring, which predicts deviant peer associations, which ultimately predicts adolescent violence. Findings suggest targets for in-depth inquiry and preventive intervention.

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Authors
Dodge, K. A., Greenberg, M. T., Malone, P. S., & Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group
Affiliations
  • Duke University (US)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • University of South Carolina (US)
Corresponding author
Dodge, Kenneth A
ORCID
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2008-11-01
Volume
79
Issue
6
Pages
1907-1927
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01233.x
PMC
PMC2597335
OpenAlex
W2056023114
Cited by
392
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5
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FWCI
54.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R18 MH 50953, R18MH050951, R18 MH50951, R18MH48043, K05MH000797, K05MH-00797, R18-MH50952, R18MH048043, K05MH01027, R18MH050953, K05MH001027, R18MH050952)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords
youth violence, serious violence, developmental pathways, social deprivation, conduct problems, school failure, parental withdrawal, deviant peer affiliation, prevention
MeSH terms
Achievement, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Behavior, Violence, Parenting

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