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JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 413-429Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1971(03)00028-9
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conduct problems; antisocial behavior; stability; change; gender differences; adolescence
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The present paper examines whether there are gender differences in changes in the aggregate level and individual stability of conduct problems from early adolescence to early adulthood. We analysed self-reported data collected as part of a longitudinal general population study of Norwegian adolescents (n = 1234). The analyses showed that involvement in conduct problems for both genders peaked in mid-adolescence. The extent to which this peak reflected changes in the number of participants or differences in the frequency of problems among the participants varied according to gender. In most cases, the individual stability of involvement in conduct problems was similar for girls and boys. However, in the long term, relative involvement was more stable for boys than for girls. Moreover, the proportion of boys who showed a high level of involvement both during adolescence and early adulthood was greater than for girls. (C) 2003 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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