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J D Roff

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PubMed1992

Childhood aggression, peer status, and social class as predictors of delinquency.

Measures of aggression, peer status, and social class, gathered during the subjects' childhoods, were assessed as predictors of later delinquency for 711 boys. Multiple regression analysis indicated that aggression was the most significant predictor of delinquency followed by social class as the second significant predictor. A descriptive analysis isolated characteristics of groups varying markedly in terms of differences in rates of delinquent outcomes.

Aggression↗
PubMed1990

Childhood peer rejection as a predictor of young adults' mental health.

A sample of 2453 grade school children was followed into young adulthood through mental health record sources. Peer rejection was significantly related to subsequent mental health problems. Correlational findings were compared with alternative measures of predictive efficiency.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1976

Disturbed preschizophrenics. Childhood symptoms in relation to adult outcome.

Adult outcome information was obtained for a sample of 45 males with a hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia. All cases had been treated at a child guidance clinic as children prior to the onset of schizophrenia as young adults. Refined outcome categories, which reflected the independent judgments of two clinical raters, led to the comparison of poor outcome with more favorable outcome cases in terms of antecedent characteristics. Five rationally derived childhood symptom scales were used. The psychotic scale was significantly related to poor outcome, while acting-out and aggressive symptom scales were related to more favorable adult outcomes. Neurotic and neurological scales were not predictive of outcome. Low childhood IQ and poor peer adjustment were significantly related to poor adult outcome. Sample limitations and comparison with results from other studies were discussed.

Adolescent↗