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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Personality, and Crime: Distinct Associations among a High-Risk Sample of Institutionalized Youth.
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4652193
Author(s) Barra, Steffen; Aebi, Marcel; d'Huart, Delfine; Schmeck, Klaus; Schmid, Marc; Boonmann, Cyril
Author(s) at UniBasel Boonmann, Cyril
Year 2022
Title Adverse Childhood Experiences, Personality, and Crime: Distinct Associations among a High-Risk Sample of Institutionalized Youth.
Journal International journal of environmental research and public health
Volume 19
Number 3
Pages / Article-Number 1227
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; child welfare; delinquency; personality; personality disorder; psychopathology; psychopathy; reoffending; residential care; temperament; trauma
Mesh terms Adolescent; Adverse Childhood Experiences; Antisocial Personality Disorder, epidemiology; Child; Crime; Female; Humans; Juvenile Delinquency; Male; Temperament
Abstract

Despite high rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and personality-related disturbances among delinquent juveniles, associations among ACEs, youth personality, and juvenile crime involvement are still unclear. High-risk samples of institutionalized youth are in specific need of a comprehensive assessment of ACEs and personality features in order to broaden the current knowledge on the occurrence and persistence of juvenile crime and to derive implications for prevention and intervention. We examined a heterogeneous high-risk sample of 342 adolescents (35.1% females, 64.9% males) aged between 12 and 18 years (; M; = 15.74,; SD; = 1.61 years) living in child-welfare or juvenile justice institutions regarding cumulative ACEs, psychopathic traits, temperament, and clinical personality disorder ratings, and criminal involvement before and up to 10 years after assessment. We found considerable rates of ACEs, although cumulative ACEs did not predict future crime. Latent Profile Analysis based on dimensional measures of psychopathy, temperament, and personality disorders derived six distinct personality profiles, which were differently related to ACEs, personality disturbances, clinical psychopathology, and future delinquency. A socially difficult personality profile was associated with increased risk of future crime, whereas avoidant personality traits appeared protective. Findings indicate that the role of ACEs in the prediction of juvenile delinquency is still not sufficiently clear and that relying on single personality traits alone is insufficient in the explanation of juvenile crime.

ISSN/ISBN 1660-4601
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Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.3390/ijerph19031227
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162246
   

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