Wesley G Jennings1, Mildred Maldonado-Molina2, Danielle M Fenimore3, Alex R Piquero4, Hector Bird5, Glorisa Canino6. 1. Texas State University, School of Criminal Justice, College of Applied Arts, 601 University Drive Hines Room 108, San Marcos, Texas 78666,. 2. Health Outcomes & Policy, Clinical and Translational Research Building, 2004 Mowry Road, Suite 2250, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32610-0177,. 3. Texas State University, School of Criminal Justice, College of Applied Arts, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666. 4. University of Texas at Dallas, Program in Criminology, EPPS 800 W. Campbell Road, GR31 Richardson, TX. 75080,. 5. Columbia University, Harkness Pavilion, 180 Ft. Washington Avenue New York, NY 10032,. 6. Department of Pediatrics, Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067,.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine the longitudinal relationship between depression, delinquency, and trajectories of delinquency among Hispanic children and adolescents. METHODS: Propensity score matching is used to match depressed and non-depressed youth and a combination of group-based trajectory and multinomial logistic regression techniques are used. RESULTS: After adjusting for pre-existing differences between depressed and non-depressed youth, the causal relationship between depression and delinquency and the association between depression and trajectories of delinquency appears to be largely spurious. However, the effect of depression on predicting a high rate and increasing trajectory of delinquency is robust. CONCLUSIONS: Depression and high-rate offending are linked in a sample of Hispanic children and adolescents.
PURPOSE: To examine the longitudinal relationship between depression, delinquency, and trajectories of delinquency among Hispanic children and adolescents. METHODS: Propensity score matching is used to match depressed and non-depressed youth and a combination of group-based trajectory and multinomial logistic regression techniques are used. RESULTS: After adjusting for pre-existing differences between depressed and non-depressed youth, the causal relationship between depression and delinquency and the association between depression and trajectories of delinquency appears to be largely spurious. However, the effect of depression on predicting a high rate and increasing trajectory of delinquency is robust. CONCLUSIONS: Depression and high-rate offending are linked in a sample of Hispanic children and adolescents.
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Hispanics; delinquency; depression; developmental; life-course; mental health
Authors: Héctor R Bird; Mark Davies; Cristiane S Duarte; S A Shen; Rolf Loeber; Glorisa J Canino Journal: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2006-09 Impact factor: 8.829
Authors: Glorisa Canino; Patrick E Shrout; Maritza Rubio-Stipec; Hector R Bird; Milagros Bravo; Rafael Ramirez; Ligia Chavez; Margarita Alegria; José J Bauermeister; Ann Hohmann; Julio Ribera; Pedro Garcia; Alfonso Martinez-Taboas Journal: Arch Gen Psychiatry Date: 2004-01