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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBERTAL TIMING AND DELINQUENT
BEHAVIOR IN MALTREATED MALE AND FEMALE ADOLESCENTS
by
Sonya Negriff
______________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PSYCHOLOGY)
May 2007
Copyright 2007 Sonya Negriff
Object Description
| Title | The relationship between pubertal timing and delinquent behavior in maltreated male and female adolescents |
| Author | Negriff, Sonya |
| Author email | negriff@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-03-05 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-03-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Trickett, Penelope |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Manis, Frank Schwartz, David Mennen, Ferol |
| Abstract | There is significant disparity in the existing literature on pubertal development as to whether early, late, or both early and late timing are related to delinquent behavior, and whether this association varies based on gender. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquent behavior in a sample of maltreated and comparison adolescents. The sample for the present study was drawn from a larger research project examining the effects of maltreatment on adolescent development. The design was cross-sequential with the age of subjects ranging from 9-13 years at the initial assessment with subsequent assessments one year apart. Data for the present study was taken from the first and second assessments. The first aim of this study was to examine the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency cross-sectionally and longitudinally for the total sample, and then to test for gender differences using multiple group models. The second aim examined the possibility of a nonlinear relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency. That is, whether early, late, or early and late timing contributed to higher levels of delinquency. The third aim was to examine the interaction of pubertal timing and maltreatment to determine whether the experience of maltreatment along with off-time pubertal development creates an increased risk for delinquent behavior, and whether this relationship differs between genders. The results showed that for both males and females earlier pubertal development relative to peers was related to higher levels of delinquency. Multiple group models showed that maltreatment group did not moderate the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency when examining both genders together. However, there was evidence of an interaction effect for females.; The interpretation of this interaction was that for maltreated females earlier pubertal timing was related to higher delinquency, whereas for comparison females later pubertal timing was related to higher delinquency. These findings provide evidence of the need to examine contextual factors that may affect the amplification and direction of these relationships. Future research should continue to elucidate moderators as well as mediators of the relationship between pubertal development and deleterious outcomes. |
| Keyword | pubertal timing; delinquency; maltreatment |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m325 |
| Rights | Negriff, Sonya |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Negriff-20070327 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Negriff-20070327.pdf |
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| Full text | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBERTAL TIMING AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR IN MALTREATED MALE AND FEMALE ADOLESCENTS by Sonya Negriff ______________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PSYCHOLOGY) May 2007 Copyright 2007 Sonya Negriff |
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