Validação Preliminar da Versão Portuguesa do Child Trauma Screen em Adolescentes

Jesus

et al. 2023

RMd

Conduct Disorder (CD) may be related to persistent and severe delinquency be-haviors in adolescence. It can last into adulthood and be a precursor to Antisocial Personality Disorder. Considering the strong consensus regarding the need for prevention and early intervention in youths with CD, due to the negative impact they have on society, the Conduct Disorder Screener (CDS) can fill a significant gap in quickly obtaining relevant data on CD in adolescents and make an im-portant contribution to their research in our Country. The aim of the present study was to validate the CDS in a total sample of Portuguese adolescents (N = 601; M age = 15.95 years; SD = 1.05 years; range = 13-18 years) subdivided in forensic male group, school male group and school female group. The scale showed ade-quate psychometric characteristics, namely in terms of a one-dimensional facto-rial structure, internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha and Omega coefficient, convergent validity, divergent validity, criterion validity and known-groups va-lidity. Considering the obtained results, it is justified to use it in a forensic and school context to identify Conduct Disorder in Portuguese adolescents.

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Validação do Conduct Disorder Screener entre jovens portugueses

Palma

Jesus

et al. 2023

RMd

Trauma, Psychopathy, and Antisocial Outcomes Among Community Youth: Distinguishing Trauma Events From Trauma Reactions

DeLisi

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Gonçalves

et al. 2020

Self Cite

Psychopathy and trauma exposure are robustly associated with youth conduct problems, but the interrelation of these constructs is unclear. The objective of the present study is to examine psychopathy mediation effects related to trauma events and trauma reactions and juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder, crime seriousness, and proactive overt aggression outcomes. The sample consisted of N =388 ( M = 16.01 years, SD = 1.03 years, age range = 13–18 years) male youths from Portugal. Path analysis procedures revealed that psychopathy partially mediates the relation between trauma events and the juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder, crime seriousness outcomes, and fully mediates the relation between trauma events and the proactive overt aggression outcome. Trauma reactions have no direct significant effect on psychopathy, and psychopathy does not mediate the relation between trauma reactions and the examined outcomes. Research on trauma and adverse childhood experiences should encompass both events and reactions to those events as they have differential associations with psychopathy and externalizing outcomes. Trauma-informed service, supervision, and treatment is essential for understanding antisocial development and psychological maladjustment among youth.

The Role of Low Self-Control as a Mediator between Trauma and Antisociality/Criminality in Youth

DeLisi

Gonçalves

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Trauma exposure and low self-control are robustly associated with youth antisocial/criminal problems, but the interrelation of these constructs is unclear when taking into account both traumatic events and reactions. The objective of the present study is to examine self-control mediation effects related to trauma and juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder, crime seriousness, and aggression outcomes. The sample consisted of N = 388 male youth from Portugal (age, M = 16.01 years, SD = 1.03, age range = 13–18 years). Path analysis procedures revealed that self-control partially mediates the relation between trauma events and the examined outcomes and fully mediates the relation between trauma reactions and the examined outcomes. Research on youth trauma should examine both trauma events and trauma reactions because they have differential effects on low self-control and antisocial/criminal outcomes.