TY - JOUR
T1 - Looking forward in records of youth abused as children
T2 - Risks for homicidal, violent, and delinquent offenses
AU - Hughes, John Russell
AU - Zagar, Robert John
AU - Busch, Kenneth G.
AU - Grove, William M.
AU - Arbit, Jack
PY - 2009/2/1
Y1 - 2009/2/1
N2 - To study risks of abuse, violence, and homicide, 181 Abused Children (M age= 12.85 yr., SD = 2.74; 58 girls, 123 boys) were matched with 181 clinic-referred Controls. Data analysis was Shao's bootstrapped logistic regression with area under curve (AUC) and odds ratios (OR). Predictors of abused status were court contacts (OR = 2.04e+22) and poorer executive function (OR = .81; AUC=.99; 95%CI = .97-.99). Groups were tracked forward in records for 9 years (M=8.78 yr., SD=1.41). Looking forward, youth (M age = 21.63 yr., 523 = 2.07) were classified into Abused Children Later Homicidal (5%, n = 10), Abused Children Later Violent (23%, n = 41), Abused Children Later Delinquent (28%, n = 50), Abused Children Later Nondeliquent (44%, n = 80), and Controls (n = 181). Data were analyzed with two more logistic regressions. Predictors of Abused Children Later Homicidal compared with Controls were number of court contacts (OR =50,398.78) and poorer executive function (OR = 79.72; AUC =.91; 95%CI= .80-.95). The predictor of Abused Children Later Homicidal contrasted with Abused Children Later Nondelinquent was court contacts (OR = 2,077,089,352; AUC=.87; 95%CI =.65-.95). The common predictor for Abused Children and Abused Children Later Homicidal groups was court contacts.
AB - To study risks of abuse, violence, and homicide, 181 Abused Children (M age= 12.85 yr., SD = 2.74; 58 girls, 123 boys) were matched with 181 clinic-referred Controls. Data analysis was Shao's bootstrapped logistic regression with area under curve (AUC) and odds ratios (OR). Predictors of abused status were court contacts (OR = 2.04e+22) and poorer executive function (OR = .81; AUC=.99; 95%CI = .97-.99). Groups were tracked forward in records for 9 years (M=8.78 yr., SD=1.41). Looking forward, youth (M age = 21.63 yr., 523 = 2.07) were classified into Abused Children Later Homicidal (5%, n = 10), Abused Children Later Violent (23%, n = 41), Abused Children Later Delinquent (28%, n = 50), Abused Children Later Nondeliquent (44%, n = 80), and Controls (n = 181). Data were analyzed with two more logistic regressions. Predictors of Abused Children Later Homicidal compared with Controls were number of court contacts (OR =50,398.78) and poorer executive function (OR = 79.72; AUC =.91; 95%CI= .80-.95). The predictor of Abused Children Later Homicidal contrasted with Abused Children Later Nondelinquent was court contacts (OR = 2,077,089,352; AUC=.87; 95%CI =.65-.95). The common predictor for Abused Children and Abused Children Later Homicidal groups was court contacts.
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U2 - 10.2466/PR0.104.1.77-101
DO - 10.2466/PR0.104.1.77-101
M3 - Article
C2 - 19480210
AN - SCOPUS:66849096085
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 104
SP - 77
EP - 101
JO - Psychological reports
JF - Psychological reports
IS - 1
ER -