Does self-report of aggression after first arrest predict future offending and do the forms and functions of aggression matter?
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Fahey, Michael, Frick, Paul J., Robertson, Emily L., Ray, James V., Thornton, Laura C., Wall Myers, Tina D., Steinberg, Laurence and Cauffman, Elizabeth. (2020). Does self-report of aggression after first arrest predict future offending and do the forms and functions of aggression matter? European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 32(33), pp. 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000783
Authors | Fahey, Michael, Frick, Paul J., Robertson, Emily L., Ray, James V., Thornton, Laura C., Wall Myers, Tina D., Steinberg, Laurence and Cauffman, Elizabeth |
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Abstract | The current study tested whether a self-report measure of aggression (i.e., the Peer Conflict Scale; PCS) would predict later delinquency, after controlling for other risk factors, and tested whether the different forms and functions of aggression contributed independently to this prediction. Self-report of aggression was assessed at the time of first arrest, and both self-report of delinquency and official arrests were assessed at 5 different time points over a 30-month follow-up period in a sample of male adolescent offenders (N = 1,216; Mage = 15.12, SD = 1.29 years) arrested in 3 regions (i.e., western, southern, northeast) of the United States. Aggression predicted both later total and later violent self-reported delinquency (odds ratio [OR] = 1.02, 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.01, 1.02]), even after controlling for youths’ self-reported lifetime history of delinquent acts and callous-unemotional (CU) traits (i.e., Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits) collected at initial arrest. Further, only self-reported aggression (but not lifetime delinquency and CU traits) contributed independently (OR = 1.02, 95% CI [1.00, 1.03]) to the prediction of arrests for violent offenses. Finally, the predictive utility of aggression was largely accounted for by physical and reactive aggression, with limited incremental prediction provided by relational and proactive aggression. These findings support the potential utility of self-reports of aggression, such as the PCS, when assessing risk for future violence. Findings also suggest that the utility of these self-reports of aggression cannot be solely accounted for by other risk factors often included in typical risk assessment tools. |
Keywords | aggression; forms and functions of aggression; delinquency; risk assessment; callousunemotional traits |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | European Journal of Psychological Assessment |
Journal citation | 32 (33), pp. 265-276 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association Inc. |
ISSN | 1040-3590 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000783 |
PubMed ID | 31697111 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85075751396 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 265-276 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Nov 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 01 Oct 2019 |
Deposited | 01 Dec 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x277/does-self-report-of-aggression-after-first-arrest-predict-future-offending-and-do-the-forms-and-functions-of-aggression-matter
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