Violence and Externalizing Behavior Among Youth in the United States: Is There a Severe 5%?

Michael G. Vaughn; Christopher P. Salas-Wright; Matt DeLisi; Brandy R. Maynard

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Violence and Externalizing Behavior Among Youth in the United States: Is There a Severe 5%?

Michael G. Vaughn, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Matt DeLisi, Brandy R. Maynard

Graduate School of Social Welfare

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Abstract

Despite research demonstrating that approximately 5% of study populations are composed of severely antisocial persons who account for a disproportionate share of problem behaviors, there have been no nationally representative studies assessing this phenomenon among adolescents. Using a large nationally representative sample (N = 18,614), we identified a severe group (4.7% of respondents) characterized by involvement in varied and intensive externalizing behaviors, greater internalizing, lower academic achievement, and less parental involvement. The current study is the first nationally representative study of criminal careers/externalizing behaviors among adolescents in the United States, which is convergent with prior research and theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-21
Number of pages	19
Journal	Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204013478973
Publication status	Published - 2014 Jan

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The author(s) disclosed the receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Received Post-doctoral grant funding (Maynard) from the Institute of Education Sciences, grant # R324B080008.

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