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Maltreated and Comparison Adolescents’ Recollections of Lifetime Residences: Relationship to Delinquency and Marijuana Use

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This study of child welfare-affiliated maltreated youth (n = 216) and comparison youth (n = 128) from the same community (age M = 18.21, SD = 1.42) examined: 1. whether child/caregiver characteristics and maltreatment status were associated with lifetime number of residences; and 2. whether child/caregiver characteristics, residences, and maltreatment status were associated with delinquency and marijuana use. Maltreatment status, ever living with a nonparent caregiver, and being older were associated with more residences during childhood. More residences and male sex were associated with person offense delinquency and marijuana use. It is important to help caregivers who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, especially families with child welfare involvement, understand the behavioral consequences of a high number of residences during childhood and adolescence and provide support for stable long-term housing.

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    Janet U. Schneiderman, Andrea K. Kennedy, Sonya Negriff & Penelope K. Trickett

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Schneiderman, J.U., Kennedy, A.K., Negriff, S. et al. Maltreated and Comparison Adolescents’ Recollections of Lifetime Residences: Relationship to Delinquency and Marijuana Use. J Child Fam Stud 25, 3481–3487 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0506-6

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