RT Article
T1 Temperament and Offending Behaviors in Male Adolescents
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 68
IS 12
SP 1216
OP 1233
A1 Manetsch, Madleina
A2 Aebi, Marcel 1971-
A2 Barra, Steffen 1989-
A2 Goth, Kirstin 1970-
A2 Boonmann, Cyril
A2 Schmeck, Klaus 1956-
A2 Bessler, Cornelia
A2 Plattner, Belinda
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898483760
AB The aim of the current paper was to examine temperament profiles and temperament dimensions as risk factors for persistent criminal behavior in juveniles who offended (JOs). A sample of 137 male adolescents from a Swiss detention center and 137 age and sex matched community controls were included in the present study. Temperament was measured with the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (JTCI). Using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), three temperament profiles were found, a “moderate,” an “adventurous-disinhibited” (higher levels of novelty seeking, lower levels of harm avoidance, reward dependence, and persistence), and a “worried-passive” profile (higher levels of harm avoidance, low persistence). None of the profiles and dimensions were associated with detention sample (i.e., JO) status. In JOs, the “novelty seeking” scale predicted recidivism after release from detention even when controlling for other covariates. Further research should address temperament profiles and temperament dimensions in larger samples of JOs to elaborate their relation to previous and future offending behavior.
K1 Temperament
K1 psychiatric disorders
K1 criminal recidivism
K1 Youth Crime
K1 JTCI
K1 Personality
DO 10.1177/0306624X221113532