Journal article
Does school suspension affect subsequent youth non-violent antisocial behaviour? A longitudinal study of students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States
SA Hemphill, A Kotevski, TI Herrenkohl, R Smith, JW Toumbourou, RF Catalano
Australian Journal of Psychology | WILEY | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12026
Abstract
School suspension has been not only associated with negative behaviours but also is predictive of future poor outcomes. The current study investigates (1) whether school suspension is a unique predictor of youth non-violent antisocial behaviour (NVAB) relative to other established predictors, and (2) whether the predictors of NVAB are similar in Australia and the United States (USA). The data analysed here draw on two statewide representative samples of Grade 7 and 9 students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, USA, resurveyed at 12-month follow-up (N=3,677, 99% retention). School suspension did not uniquely predict NVAB in the final model. The predictors of NVAB, similar across sta..
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Awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse
Awarded by Australian Research Council Discovery Project
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-DA012140-05) for the IYDS data collection. The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health. We thank the Collier Charitable Fund for funding the analyses and writing for this article. Dr. Hemphill was, at the time of writing, partially supported by funding from an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DPO663371). The authors wish to express their appreciation and thanks to project staff and participants for their valuable contribution to the project.