Adolescent delinquency and family conflict as precursors of romantic relationships in early adulthood

Relationship engagement is an important life-course transition that may affect criminal development. Yet, little is known about how criminal behavior may in turn affect life-course transitions. Using six waves of data on adolescents, their parents and a sibling from the RADAR-Y (Research on Adolesce...

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Autor principal: Eichelsheim, Veroni I. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Blokland, Arie Aart Jan 1973- (Otro) ; Meeus, Wim 1947- (Otro)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: Crime & delinquency
Año: 2019, Volumen: 65, Número: 10, Páginas: 1371-1401
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
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Adolescence
Criminal behavior
Family conflict
Early adulthood
Romantic relationships
Life Course-Kriminologie
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Sumario:Relationship engagement is an important life-course transition that may affect criminal development. Yet, little is known about how criminal behavior may in turn affect life-course transitions. Using six waves of data on adolescents, their parents and a sibling from the RADAR-Y (Research on Adolescent Development and Relationships, younger cohort) study, we investigate how patterns of adolescent delinquency and family conflict are related to characteristics of early adulthood romantic relationship engagement by means of a multiple-group trajectory model approach. We find that family conflict seems to foreshadow strained romantic relationships in the early adult years. Adolescent delinquency—and not family conflict—is the stronger predictor of partnering an antisocial spouse. Thus, persistence in antisocial behavior in adulthood may be contributed to both the nature of adolescent family relations and the extent of adolescent delinquency.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128718781313