PurposeThe authors explore the relationship between adolescent behavior and subsequent entrepreneurial persistence by drawing on scholarship from clinical psychology and criminology to examine different subtypes of antisocial behavior (nonaggressive antisocial behavior and aggressive antisocial behavior) that underlie adolescent rule breaking. The intersection of gender and socioeconomic status on these types of antisocial behavior and entrepreneurial persistence is also studied.Design/methodology/approachUsing a longitudinal research design, this study draws from a national representative survey of USA adolescents, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997) (NLSY97). Nonaggressive antisocial behavior was assessed with a composite scale that measured economic self-interest and with a second measure that focused on substance abuse. Aggressive antisocial behavior was assessed as a measure of aggressive, destructive behaviors, such as fighting and property destruction. Entrepreneurial persistence was operationalized as years of self-employment experience, which is based on the number of years a respondent reported any self-employment.FindingsAggressive antisocial behavior is positively related to entrepreneurial persistence but nonaggressive antisocial behavior is not. This relationship is moderated by gender and socioeconomic status.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to research on the relationship between adolescent behavior and entrepreneurship in adulthood, the effect of antisocial behavior, and demographic intersectionality (by gender and socioeconomic status) in entrepreneurship. The authors surmise that the finding that self-employment for men from lower socioeconomic backgrounds involved in aggressive antisocial behavior was significantly higher compared to others may indicate that necessity entrepreneurship may be the primary driver of entrepreneurial activity for these individuals.

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探索影响创业持久性的青少年违反规则的反社会行为的差异

目的作者通过利用临床心理学和犯罪学的学术成果来研究青少年违反规则的不同反社会行为亚型（非攻击性反社会行为和攻击性反社会行为），探索青少年行为与随后的创业毅力之间的关系。还研究了性别和社会经济地位对这些类型的反社会行为和创业持久性的交集。设计/方法/方法使用纵向研究设计，本研究来自美国青少年的全国代表性调查，全国青年纵向调查（1997） ) (NLSY97)。非攻击性反社会行为采用衡量经济自利的综合量表和侧重于药物滥用的第二个量表进行评估。攻击性反社会行为被评估为攻击性、破坏性行为的衡量标准，例如打架和财产破坏。创业毅力被操作化为多年的自营职业经验，这是基于受访者报告任何自营职业的年数。发现攻击性反社会行为与创业毅力呈正相关，但非攻击性反社会行为则不然。这种关系受到性别和社会经济地位的调节。原创性/价值这些发现有助于研究青少年行为与成年期创业之间的关系、反社会行为的影响以及创业中的人口交叉性（按性别和社会经济地位）。