The development of offending and antisocial behavior from childhood: key findings from the Cambridge study in delinquent development
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A study conducted on 411 South London males in the age group of 8 to 32 by the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development revealed that the types of acts leading to convictions belong to a larger syndrome of antisocial behavior. Childhood predictors of criminality included antisocial behavior, impulsivity, family criminality, low intelligence, poor parental child-rearing and poverty. Factors found to help people desist from offending included a job, marriage and moving away from London. The study showed to what extent delinquency could be predicted with children and the influence of various life events on the development of a criminal career.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1995
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Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents: The development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of strengths for youth
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The data from several samples bearing on the internal consistency, stability and validity of the Values in Action Inventory for Youth (VIA-Youth) are described along with the prevalence and demographic correlates of the character strengths it measures. Exploratory factor analysis reveals an interpretable four-factor structure of the VIA-Youth subscales, that is, temperance strengths, intellectual strengths, theological strengths and other-directed strengths.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 2006
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Development and validation of the Basic Empathy Scale
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A study describes the development of a new measure of affective and cognitive empathy, called the Basic Empathy Scale (BES) that was administered to 363 adolescents aged about 15 years. Results indicate the BES is a valid tool by which to measure empathy as the validation exercise carried out demonstrated that it has sufficient construct validity, as well as convergent and divergent validity.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 2006
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