Systematic Review: Intervention Strategies for Treating Relational Aggression in Female Juvenile Offenders and At-Risk Female Youth
Abstract
Objective: Female juvenile offenders commonly display a distinct form of aggression, known as relational aggression, which demands its own dedicated focus and specialized intervention approaches, as exemplified by the limited yet steadily growing body of research on the issue. This review set out to explore current relational aggression interventions specifically designed for incarcerated female youth, which was subsequently broadened to include at-risk female adolescents.
Method: In stage 1, the effectiveness of intervention strategies targeting relationally aggressive behaviors in female juvenile offenders was systematically reviewed. As so few studies existed in the peer-reviewed literature, in stage 2, a review was conducted with a broader scope examining intervention strategies only with at-risk female adolescents.
Results: The electronic databases JBI EBP, PsycINFO, and PubMed/MEDLINE were searched for the systematic review. At stage 1, 16 full-text articles were reviewed for quality, and of these articles, 13 were excluded due to sample population, outcomes, and lack of measuring correlates of relevant behavior. At stage 2, 12 full-text articles were reviewed for quality, and of these articles, 6 were excluded for the above-mentioned reasons.
Conclusion: There are promising advancements in the development and implementation of interventions tailored to attenuate relationally aggressive behaviors in female youth deemed at risk or currently in the juvenile justice…
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a systematic review. Its evidence level is 1 of 5 (Highest · pooled evidence). Pooled evidence from several studies sits at the top of the evidence pyramid.
Read the paper
Related studies
- The neurocircuitry of addiction: an overview
- Gender Differences in Human Brain: A Review
- Stratified medicine for mental disorders
- The neurobiology of drug addiction: cross-species insights into the dysfunction and recovery of the prefrontal cortex
- Annual Research Review: DNA methylation as a mediator in the association between risk exposure and child and adolescent psychopathology
- Schizophrenia: The new etiological synthesis
Go deeper in Evidence Hub
Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.