Latent heterogeneity of deviant behaviors and associated factors among ethnic minority adolescents: a latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT: Deviant behaviors are common during adolescence. Despite the diversity of juvenile delinquency, the patterns of deviant behaviors remain unclear in ethnic minorities. The present study aimed to evaluate the latent heterogeneity of deviant behaviors and associated factors in ethnic minority Yi adolescents. The present study recruited a large sample of 1931 ethnic minority Yi adolescents (53.4% females, mean age = 14.7 years, SD 1.10) in five secondary schools in 2022 in Sichuan, China. The participants completed measures on 13 deviant behaviors and demographic characteristics, attitudinal self-control, and psychological distress. Sample heterogeneity of deviant behaviors was analyzed via latent class analysis using class as the cluster variable. The data supported three latent classes with

SUBMITTER: Cui K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293068 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature