Magda Stouthamer-Loeber

TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis was performed of concurrent and longitudinal studies on the relation of family factors to juvenile conduct problems and delinquency, finding that socialization variables, such as lack of parental supervision, parental rejection, and parent-child involvement, are among the most powerful predictors of delinquency.

TL;DR: This study reports the development of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ), and the differential correlates of these two forms of aggression, and demonstrates that this brief but reliable and valid self-report instrument can be used to assess proactive and reactive aggression in child and adolescent samples.

TL;DR: Family-management skills of parents of seventh- and tenth-grade boys were related to each of 2 criterion measures of delinquency: police contacts and self-reported delinquency.

TL;DR: This article addresses 5 misconceptions and controversies concerning the development of aggression and violence: the misconception that high stability coefficients of aggression over time imply that discontinuity of aggression from childhood to early adulthood is negligible, and the assumption that theDevelopment of violence in women is very similar to that in men.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on the results of the major Pittsburgh Youth Study complemented by follow-up tracking of juvenile court records for more than six years to address the following questions: *What is the prevalence and age of onset of delinquency, substance use, and early sexual behavior for three samples of boys age 8, 11, and 14? What are the average mental health problems for these ages?