Delinquency and Accidents in Children

Several studies suggest that conduct disorders and health endangering behaviors tend to co-occur.A recent review reported that conduct problems, such as delinquent behavior and aggression, were associated with (1) health endangering behaviors, such as risky traffic behavior, substance use (alcohol abuse, smoking, and drug use), self-medication, unsafe sex, unhealthy diet, lack of physical exercise, suicidal behavior, and (2) problems behaviors, such as gambling, truancy, and dropping out of school (Junger & Dekovic, in press).This co-occurrence suggests that, at least in part, a common etiological process is underlying these various forms of behavior (Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice,