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    Jad Abuhilal, Grace Appelbaum, Kaitlyn Lancia, Quinn Willerton

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    9:00-10:15, Kennedy Union Ballroom

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    Depressive symptoms and delinquency are strongly correlated in adolescence, such that higher levels of one is associated with higher levels of the other. However, the direction of the relationship between depressive symptoms and delinquency is not fully understood. The "acting out" hypothesis predicts that delinquency increases risk for future depression, whereas the "social failure" hypothesis predicts that depression increases risk for future delinquency. It is also possible that each contributes to risk for the other, or that their correlation is due to common risk factors. The current study tests these hypotheses by examining the longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and delinquency from ages 14 to 17 in a large and socioeconomically diverse sample of adolescents.

    Publication Date

    4-23-2025

    Project Designation

    Independent Research

    Primary Advisor

    Jackson A. Goodnight

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Psychology

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

    Institutional Learning Goals

    Scholarship

    An Examination of the Prospective Links between Depressive Symptoms and Delinquency in Late Adolescence

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