PREDICTIVE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED PROTECTIVE FACTORS AGAINST DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR MANIFESTED BY ADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS

The study aims to identify protective factors against antisocial behaviour of adolescents. Data from the SAHA project (The Social and Health Assessment), obtained from a16-year-old juvenile cohort, were used to analyse antisocial behaviour of adolescent boys (N = 733) and girls (N = 1110). Subsequently, levels of the predictive importance of the protective factors of the family environment, school environment, fulfilled leisure time and individual factors were tested through multinomial regression analysis in the groups of boys and girls. Slightly different paths to the absence of antisocial behaviour were identified for adolescent boys and girls. Key predictors for adolescent boys with non-problem behaviour are prosocial beliefs, prosocial behaviour and leisure time, expectations of goal attainment, parental involvement, and teacher support. For adolescent girls, positive school environment, feelings of safety at school, parental warmth, parental supervision, prosocial beliefs, optimistic beliefs, and leisure time contribute to non-problematic behaviour.