Personality disorders in previously detained adolescent females: a prospective study.

This longitudinal study investigated the predictive value of trauma and mental health problems for the development of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) in previously detained women. The participants were 229 detained adolescent females who were assessed for traumatic experiences and mental health problems (mean age = 15.5 years).

Girls' childhood trajectories of disruptive behavior predict adjustment problems in early adolescence.

Background: It is widely recognized that early onset of disruptive behavior is linked to a variety of detrimental outcomes in males, later in life. In contrast, little is known about the association between girls' childhood trajectories of disruptive behavior and adjustment problems in early adolescence.

Methods: This study used nine waves of data from the ongoing Pittsburgh Girls Study.

Persistence of aggression into adulthood in detained adolescent females.

Objective: Although detained adolescent females show high rates of severe aggression, we know little about the long-term impact of this risk-behavior. Furthermore, qualitative differences in aggression between males and females argue for gender specific research. In contrast to males, females display aggressive acts more often towards themselves (inward aggression; self harm behavior) than towards others (outward aggression).

Detained adolescent females' multiple mental health and adjustment problem outcomes in young adulthood.

Background: Although prior studies have shown that detained females are marked by significant adverse circumstances, little is known about their adult outcomes.

Method: Prospective follow-up study of 184 (80.4% of original sample of 229) detained adolescent females who were reassessed 4.

Cumulative effects of mothers' risk and promotive factors on daughters' disruptive behavior.

Little is known about the ways in which the accumulation of maternal factors increases or reduces risk for girls' disruptive behavior during preadolescence. In the current study, maternal risk and promotive factors and the severity of girls' disruptive behavior were assessed annually among girls' ages 7-12 in an urban community sample (N = 2043). Maternal risk and promotive factors were operative at different time points in girls' development.