Contemporary scholarship has demonstrated an association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) during adolescence and aggressive offending. Research, however, has yet to identify any mechanisms linking TBI to subsequent aggressive offending. Consequently, the current study hypothesized that adverse psychological effects is one such pathway. The current study used the Pathways to Desistance data set (n = 416) to examine the pathway of TBI to aggressive offending through adverse psychological effects. The findings of the structural equation model supported the hypothesized association. Specifically, increased exposure to TBI was indirectly associated with aggressive offending through adverse psychological effects. An additional supplemental analysis illustrated that a direct link between TBI and aggressive offending did not exist for the analytical sample. The findings suggested that the neurological disruptions commonly associated with TBI could result in direct increases in negative psychological outcomes and indirect increases in subsequent negative behavioral outcomes.

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创伤性脑损伤和不良心理影响：检查攻击性犯罪的潜在途径

当代学术研究表明，青春期创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 与攻击性犯罪之间存在关联。然而，研究尚未确定将 TBI 与随后的侵略性犯罪联系起来的任何机制。因此，目前的研究假设不利的心理影响就是这样一种途径。当前的研究使用 Pathways to Desistance 数据集 (n = 416) 来检查 TBI 通过不良心理影响导致攻击性犯罪的途径。结构方程模型的发现支持了假设的关联。具体而言，增加暴露于 TBI 与通过不良心理影响的侵略性犯罪间接相关。一项额外的补充分析表明，分析样本中不存在 TBI 和侵略性犯罪之间的直接联系。研究结果表明，通常与 TBI 相关的神经系统中断可能导致负面心理结果的直接增加和随后的负面行为结果的间接增加。