Adolescent involvement in anti-social and delinquent behaviours : predicting future injury risk


Autoria(s): Buckley, Lisa; Chapman, Rebekah; Sheehan, Mary
Data(s)

01/09/2012

Resumo

The purpose of this study was to challenge the broadly based focus of injury prevention strategies towards concern with the needs of young adolescents who engage in multiple anti-social and delinquent behaviours. Five hundred and forty 13-14 year olds reported on injuries and truancy, violence, illegal road behaviours, drug, and alcohol use. Engagement in these behaviours was found to contribute to the likelihood of an injury. Those engaging in the most anti-social and delinquent behaviours were around five times more likely to report medically-treated injuries in the past three months. Their likelihood of future injury was 1.8 times more likely when they were followed up three months later. The engagement in multiple delinquent and illegal behaviours thus significantly increased the likelihood of injury and identifies a particularly vulnerable group. The findings also suggest that reaching these young people represents a key target for change strategies in injury prevention programs.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/50746/

Publicador

Elsevier Ltd

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/50746/6/50746_acceptedVer.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2012.02.010

Buckley, Lisa, Chapman, Rebekah, & Sheehan, Mary (2012) Adolescent involvement in anti-social and delinquent behaviours : predicting future injury risk. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 48(Sep), pp. 518-522.

Direitos

Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Accident Analysis and Prevention. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Accident Analysis and Prevention, VOL. 48, ISSUE Sep, (2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.02.010

Fonte

Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q); Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling

Palavras-Chave #adolescent #injury #anti-social #delinquent behaviour
Tipo

Journal Article