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Monografia
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PECHORRO, Pedro
The self-report delinquency scale from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health among at-risk for delinquency youths / Pedro Pechorro..[et.al.].- [S.l.] : Springer, 2018.- 18 p. ; 30 cm PDF. - (Violence and Victims)
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PSICOLOGIA, PSICOPATIA, PERTURBAÇÕES DO COMPORTAMENTO, GÉNERO, DELINQUÊNCIA JUVENIL, RISCO, JUVENTUDE, PORTUGAL
Juvenile delinquency is a universal problem, with serious personal, economic, and social
consequences that span national boundaries. Thus, cross-culturally valid and reliable measures
of delinquency are critical to providing a better understanding of the causes, correlates,
and outcomes of delinquency. The main aim of the present study was to examine the
psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the self-report delinquency measure
items created for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). A
sample (N = 412) of male (n = 200) and female (n = 212) at-risk for delinquency youths
agreed to participate in the present study. The measure demonstrated satisfactory psychometric
properties, namely in terms of its two-factor structure (violent and nonviolent delinquency),
internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, criterion-related
validity, and known-groups validity. Findings suggest the Add Health Self-Report Delinquency
(AHSRD) is an interculturally valid and reliable measure of violent and nonviolent
delinquency among at-risk male and female youths.