The protective effect of character maturity in child aggressive antisocial behavior

Aggressive and antisocial behavior in children and young adults is one of the strongest predictor of mental health problems and criminal behavior in adulthood (e.g. [1] Huessman et al., 2002; [2] Gelhorn et al., 2007; [3] Hofvander et al. 2009, [4] Mordre et al. 2011, [5] Falk et al. 2014). The important question in the context of research in this area is the need to develop selection criteria to identify children and adolescents most likely to continue their anti-social behavior as adults.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 29, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: N óra Kerekes, Örjan Falk, Sven Brändström, Henrik Anckarsäter, Maria Råstam, Björn Hofvander Source Type: research