Protective Factors for Antisocial Behavior in Youth: What is the Meta-Analytic Evidence?

ABSTRACT: Although both risk and protective factors are important components of etiological theories for antisocial behavior, far less is known about protective factors and their impact. This review summarized primary studies on the impact of different protective factors for antisocial behavior in youth. In total, 305 studies reporting on 1850 potentially protective factors were included. Each extracted factor was first classified into one of 77 mutually exclusive groups of similar factors (referred to as domains), after which a three-level meta-analysis was conducted to determine the protective effect of each domain. A significant and negative effect was found for 50 domains, which were therefore designated as being truly protective. The largest impact (r < -0.20) was found for higher levels of con

SUBMITTER: Gubbels J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764587 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature