Mental Health Screening of Female Juvenile Offenders: Replication of a Subtyping Strategy

Autor/inn/en	Cruise, Keith R.; Marsee, Monica A.; Dandreaux, Danielle M.; DePrato, Debra K.
Titel	Mental Health Screening of Female Juvenile Offenders: Replication of a Subtyping Strategy
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16 (2007) 5, S.615-625 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-006-9111-4
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Mental Health; Multivariate Analysis; Delinquency; Screening Tests; Gender Differences; Females; Youth; Intervention; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Child Abuse; Family Influence; Comparative Analysis; Mental Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Psychohygiene; Multivariate Analyse; Kriminalität; Screening-Verfahren; Geschlechterkonflikt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit
Abstract	Recent research indicates that adjudicated female youth have higher rates of mental health problems and histories of trauma exposure and abuse relative to adjudicated male youth. These differences are important for gender-specific assessment, intervention, and management strategies. We replicated a subtyping strategy for adjudicated female youth based on mental health screening data from the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) by investigating subtype differences on trauma symptoms, abuse history, and other background variables. Cluster analysis of the standard MAYSI-2 scales revealed a three cluster solution replicating results from a prior study. Additionally, results indicated expected differences between female youth with mental health problems compared to those without mental health problems with co-occurring female youth (i.e., self-reported mental health and substance abuse problems) having have greater mental health problems and more extensive abuse histories compared to other subtypes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10