Does the School Environment and School Engagement in Early High School Predict Trajectories of Anti-Social Behaviour? A National Longitudinal Study of Australian Youth From 12 to 19 years

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI:10.1002/cbm.2366

Olivia Halls, Ben Edwards

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Abstract

Background

Schools are widely considered important agents of social control for young people. Consequently, school engagement, disengagement and the school environment are key to understanding behavioural outcomes during adolescence. This study addresses an empirical gap in longitudinal research by examining new types of school engagement, as well as school-level environmental factors.

Aims

To understand the role that school engagement and the school environment play in shaping trajectories of antisocial behaviour.

Methods

Using longitudinal survey of Australian children (LSAC), this study employed trajectory analysis to identify trajectories of ASB over 4 waves. We tested the influence that early high school engagement and the school environment had on ASB trajectories through a series of multinomial logistic regressions.

Results

Of the 2983 Australian school students included in the study, three trajectory groups were identified: no ASB (n = 1599), low-level ASB (n = 1158) and moderate-level ASB (n = 88). The influence of truancy, suspension/expulsion and school avoidance were all particularly strong, and student–teacher relationships were found to both directly and indirectly influence levels of ASB.

Conclusions

This longitudinal study provides a comprehensive overview of trajectories of antisocial behaviour during adolescence and how they are influenced by experiences at school. It confirms the strong influence of behavioural disengagement and offers new insights into the role of affective school engagement and the school environment.

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高中早期的学校环境和学校参与是否能预测反社会行为的轨迹？一项针对12至19岁澳大利亚青年的全国性纵向研究。

背景：学校被广泛认为是对年轻人进行社会控制的重要媒介。因此，学校参与、脱离和学校环境是理解青少年行为结果的关键。本研究通过考察新型的学校参与以及学校层面的环境因素，解决了纵向研究中的经验差距。目的：了解学校参与和学校环境在塑造反社会行为轨迹中的作用。方法：本研究采用澳大利亚儿童纵向调查（LSAC），采用轨迹分析方法识别ASB的4波发展轨迹。我们通过一系列多项逻辑回归测试了高中早期参与和学校环境对ASB轨迹的影响。结果：在纳入研究的2983名澳大利亚在校学生中，确定了三个轨迹组：无ASB (n = 1599)，低水平ASB （n = 1158）和中等水平ASB （n = 88）。逃学、停学/开除和逃避学校的影响都特别强，师生关系对ASB水平有直接和间接的影响。结论：这项纵向研究提供了青春期反社会行为轨迹的全面概述，以及他们如何受到学校经历的影响。它证实了行为脱离的强大影响，并为情感学校参与和学校环境的作用提供了新的见解。

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期刊介绍： Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health – CBMH – aims to publish original material on any aspect of the relationship between mental state and criminal behaviour. Thus, we are interested in mental mechanisms associated with offending, regardless of whether the individual concerned has a mental disorder or not. We are interested in factors that influence such relationships, and particularly welcome studies about pathways into and out of crime. These will include studies of normal and abnormal development, of mental disorder and how that may lead to offending for a subgroup of sufferers, together with information about factors which mediate such a relationship.