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doi:10.22028/D291-35472
Title: | Adverse Childhood Experiences, Personality, and Crime: Distinct Associations among a High-Risk Sample of Institutionalized Youth |
Author(s): | Barra, Steffen Aebi, Marcel d’Huart, Delfine Schmeck, Klaus Schmid, Marc Boonmann, Cyril |
Language: | English |
Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 3 |
Publisher/Platform: | MDPI |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Free key words: | adverse childhood experiences trauma personality psychopathy temperament personality disorder psychopathology delinquency reoffending child welfare residential care |
DDC notations: | 610 Medicine and health |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Despite high rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and personality-related distur bances among delinquent juveniles, associations among ACEs, youth personality, and juvenile crime involvement are still unclear. High-risk samples of institutionalized youth are in specific need of a comprehensive assessment of ACEs and personality features in order to broaden the current knowl edge on the occurrence and persistence of juvenile crime and to derive implications for prevention and intervention. We examined a heterogeneous high-risk sample of 342 adolescents (35.1% females, 64.9% males) aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 15.74, SD = 1.61 years) living in child-welfare or ju venile justice institutions regarding cumulative ACEs, psychopathic traits, temperament, and clinical personality disorder ratings, and criminal involvement before and up to 10 years after assessment. We found considerable rates of ACEs, although cumulative ACEs did not predict future crime. Latent Profile Analysis based on dimensional measures of psychopathy, temperament, and personality disorders derived six distinct personality profiles, which were differently related to ACEs, personality disturbances, clinical psychopathology, and future delinquency. A socially difficult personality profile was associated with increased risk of future crime, whereas avoidant personality traits appeared protective. Findings indicate that the role of ACEs in the prediction of juvenile delinquency is still not sufficiently clear and that relying on single personality traits alone is insufficient in the explanation of juvenile crime. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.3390/ijerph19031227 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-354722 hdl:20.500.11880/32404 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-35472 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Date of registration: | 17-Feb-2022 |
Faculty: | M - Medizinische Fakultät |
Department: | M - Forensische Psychologie und Psychiatrie |
Professorship: | M - Keiner Professur zugeordnet |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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