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Kempf, Kimberly L. – Youth and Society, 1989
Analysis of data from the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort Study indicates that individuals who dropped out from delinquency were less likely to renew their involvement with crime as adults regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender, or particular dropout period. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Cohort Analysis, Criminals
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Dahinten, V. Susan; Shapka, Jennifer D.; Willms, J. Douglas – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study drew on four cycles of longitudinal data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine the academic and behavioural trajectories of youth between 10 and 15 years of age as a function of maternal age at childbearing. The analyses controlled for several family characteristics and examined the mediating…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents