Changing the Relationship Between Impulsivity and Antisocial Behavior: The Impact of a School Engagement Program

This study examines the extent to which a third-party policing experiment designed to prevent truancy in disadvantaged adolescents is able to weaken the effect of impulsivity on self-reported antisocial behavior over time. Data are used from the Ability School Engagement Program (ASEP), a randomized...

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Published in:Crime and delinquency 2019-07, Vol.65 (8), p.1076-1101
Main Authors: Cardwell, Stephanie M., Mazerolle, Lorraine, Bennett, Sarah, Piquero, Alex R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Antisocial behavior
Antisocial personality disorder
Clinical trials
Deviance
Disadvantaged
Impulsivity
Truancy
Youth
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Summary:This study examines the extent to which a third-party policing experiment designed to prevent truancy in disadvantaged adolescents is able to weaken the effect of impulsivity on self-reported antisocial behavior over time. Data are used from the Ability School Engagement Program (ASEP), a randomized controlled trial of 102 high truant youth from Brisbane, Australia who were followed for 2 years postrandomization. We find that ASEP weakened the effect of impulsivity on the diversity of self-reported antisocial behavior throughout the study for those in the experiment. This study provides evidence that an intervention that was designed to prevent truancy has the additional benefit of hindering the relationship between impulsivity and self-reported antisocial behavior variety.
ISSN:0011-1287
1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128718781305