Using structural equation modeling to assess the impact of factors on sexual risk and delinquent behavior in Dutch female offenders |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Forensic Outpatient Treatment, The Netherlands;2. Treatment Center for Children and Youth, The Netherlands;3. Klinika Capriles, General Psychiatric Hospital, Curaçao;4. Expertise centrum voor Forensische Psychologie, The Netherlands;1. University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan;3. Youth Violence Prevention Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan;4. Hurley Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Flint, Michigan;5. Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan;6. University of Michigan Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan;1. Research Unit of the Cognitive-Behavioral Research and Intervention Center, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal;2. University of Derby, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Research shows that juvenile female offenders have a higher prevalence rate of sexual risk behaviors than girls from the general population and that similar factors underlie both SRBs and delinquent behavior. Contributing to findings derived from young female delinquent samples, this study examines the impact of risk factors on delinquent behaviors and sexual risk behaviors in 146 delinquent girls (12 to 18 years) in outpatient forensic treatment. While controlling for ethnicity, results from structural equation modeling through bootstrapping showed that sexual risk behaviors (explained variance 26%) were predicted by the number of negative life events, peer rejection, and substance use, whereas the number of previous convictions and treatment dropout were predictive of delinquent behavior (explained variance 14.1%). Affiliation with deviant peers, parental monitoring, and conduct problems did not contribute to the explained variance in both outcome measures. These findings will be elaborated on in the discussion. |
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