RT Article
T1 Psychopathology as a cause or consequence of youth gang involvement
JF The Oxford handbook of gangs and society
SP 470
OP 498
A1 Kerig, Patricia
A2 Mendez, Lucybel
A2 Alexander, Ava R.
A2 Chen, Susan
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/191993216X
AB This chapter presents a developmental psychopathology framework as an integrative approach to understanding the intertwined connections over time among mental health (MH) problems and youth gang involvement. First, the chapter identifies growing cross-sectional and prospective evidence that provides support for the role of internalizing and externalizing MH problems as both precipitants and consequences of gang membership. The chapter then turns to discussing transdiagnostic perspectives on psychopathology that may provide innovative ways to understand MH problems among gang-involved youth, including potential transdiagnostic facets underlying multiple psychopathologies and transdiagnostic risk factors implicated in the emergence of MH problems and gang involvement, such as trauma exposure. It then introduces novel ideas for future research regarding purported underlying developmental mechanisms that may explain the links between MH and gang involvement. Finally, the chapter discusses implications for fine-tuning MH interventions that will be more effective and accessible for disadvantaged youth at risk for psychopathology and gang involvement.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 486-498
SN 9780197618158
K1 Gangs
K1 Developmental psychopathology
K1 Mental Health
K1 Psychopathology
K1 Trauma
K1 Posttraumatic stress
K1 Internalizing
K1 Externalizing