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18 Youth Violence & Juv. Just. 3 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/yvja18 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Youth Violence and juvenile justice 2020, Vol. 18(1) 3-23 @ The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions Relationship Between DOI: 10. 1177/1541204019833145 journals.sagepub.com/home/yv ASAGE Antisocial Behavior, and Violent Victimization: A Sibling-Comparison Analysis Eric J. Connolly Abstract A developing line of research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase the risk for antisocial behavior and future victimization. However, the mechanisms that underlie this association remain largely speculative. To address this gap in the existing body of research, data on full siblings from a large population-based sample of youth were analyzed to evaluate the direct effect of ACEs on child antisocial behavior, adolescent delinquency, and young adult violent vic- timization after controlling for familial confounders. Traditional between-family analyses revealed that ACEs were significantly associated with higher levels of childhood antisocial behavior, ado- lescent delinquent behavior, and risk for violent crime victimization. After controlling for unmeasured common genetic and shared environmental confounds using fixed-effect sibling comparisons, siblings exposed to more ACEs did not demonstrate higher levels of antisocial behavior, delinquent behavior, or risk for future victimization. The implications of these results for future ACEs research are discussed. Keywords adverse childhood experiences, antisocial behavior, violent victimization, familial confounds, family- based research designs, NLSY Department of Criminal justice and Criminology, College of Criminal justice, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA Corresponding Author: Eric J. Connolly, Department of Criminal justice and Criminology, College of Criminal justice, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77340, USA. Email: ejc025@shsu.edu