Lower inhibitory control in early adolescence predicts greater increases in delinquency from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2–r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Worse task-based inhibitory control (higher SSRT) at age 11 predicted increases in delinquency from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood. → Fosco 2019 q3 i? Lower parent-reported inhibitory control in early adolescence predicted greater increases in delinquency both from early to middle adolescence and from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood. → Fosco 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Fosco 2019¶

Fosco, W. D., Hawk, L. W. Jr., Colder, C. R., Meisel, S. N., & Lengua, L. J. (2019). The development of inhibitory control in adolescence and prospective relations with delinquency. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.008

q3 · i? · associational · r3

Prospective growth-model prediction analysis in the 387-family longitudinal sample: Wave 7 (Mage=18.2) rule-breaking regressed on the SST intercept and slope controlling for Wave 3 scores, with IQ and sex as covariates. The intercept, but not the slope, predicted later delinquency increases.

"worse inhibitory control in early adolescence (i.e., higher SSRTs at age 11, the intercept) predicted increases in delinquency from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood (b= 0.001, SE= 0.001, p=.05)"

Fosco 2019 (2)¶

Fosco, W. D., Hawk, L. W. Jr., Colder, C. R., Meisel, S. N., & Lengua, L. J. (2019). The development of inhibitory control in adolescence and prospective relations with delinquency. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.008

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Parallel prediction models using the parent-reported EATQ-R intercept (no growth was detected, so only the intercept was modeled). Lower early-adolescent ratings also predicted increases from early to middle adolescence (b= −0.15, SE= 0.002, p<.001).

"lower inhibitory control ratings in early adolescence were associated with steeper increases in delinquent behavior from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood, (b= −0.16, SE=.007, p<.001)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Executive Function — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Child IQ, sex, and parental income do not predict initial levels or growth of task-based inhibitory control — related
• Rate of growth in task-based inhibitory control is unrelated to later delinquent behavior — related
• Task-based inhibitory control (Stop Signal Task) improves curvilinearly from ages 11 to 15, with growth slowing around middle adolescence — related
• Parent-reported inhibitory control (EATQ-R) shows no detectable growth from early to middle adolescence — related
• The paper reports that delayed entry into adulthood has increased role ambiguity and individualized identity development in emerging adulthood — related
• Total childhood ADHD symptoms predict longer adolescent SSRT, but neither symptom domain shows specificity and early precursors do not predict SSRT — related
• Lower temperamental effortful control at 36 months directly predicts reduced N2 amplitude in adolescence, above and beyond ADHD symptoms — related