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The Relationship of Impulsivity-Inattention and Verbal Ability to Overt and Covert Antisocial Behaviors in Children
Research has linked many risk factors in childhood and early adolescence to antisocial behaviors in
later adolescence and early adulthood; however, less attention has focused on the interaction among factors in the prediction of distinct forms of antisocial behaviors. This study investigated the additive and synergistic association of inattention-impulsivity and verbal ability with overt and covert antisocial behaviors using a high risk community sample of 270 (49.8% female) children. Multiple
regression analyses indicated kindergarten inattentionimpulsivity was significantly related to overt and covert antisocial behaviors and the interaction of inattentionimpulsivity and verbal ability ignificantly predicted covert but not overt antisocial behaviors during kindergarten and first grade. Kindergarten verbal ability did not buffer the association of impulsivity-inattention with covert antisocial behavior; rather higher verbal ability was associated with increased risk for covert antisocial behavior in the presence of high levels of impulsivity-inattention. The association of
inattention-impulsivity with higher levels of overt and covert antisocial behavior begins during childhood, and may set off developmental trajectories associated with the acceleration of antisocial behavior in adolescence.
Keywords: Inattention/impulsivity , Verbal ability , Overt antisocial behavior , Covert antisocial behavior , Children
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