Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 May 2011
Sarah, Dauber , Aaron, Hogue
This study examined profiles of involvement in four systems (education, child welfare, legal, and treatment) in a sample of 253 high-risk urban adolescents with unmet behavioral health needs. Self-report data were collected on multiple dimensions of involvement within each system, demographics, and DSM-IV diagnoses. Latent class analysis revealed four profiles: Education System: Academic and Disciplinary, Education System: Academic Only, Legal/Juvenile Justice Involved, and Multiple Systems/Child Welfare. Profiles differed based on gender and psychiatric diagnoses. Boys were overrepresented in Education System: Academic and Disciplinary and Legal/Juvenile Justice Involved, and girls were overrepresented in Multiple Systems/Child Welfare. The two education system focused…
Research highlights: ► Four profiles of systems involvement were found in this high-risk adolescent sample. ► Profiles differed based on gender and DSM diagnoses. ► Depressed boys and conduct-disordered girls may require special attention. ► Findings confirm heterogeneity of high-risk adolescents with treatment needs.