Research has long demonstrated that adolescents with sexual problem behaviors (PSB-A) have variations in developmental antecedents and types of sexually problematic behaviors. The knowledge of adult and adolescent between-group variation has contributed to further complexities in classifying within-group differences in adolescents with typological research being at the forefront of this conversation. Despite some research using existing data sources to create typological distinctions via Latent Class Analysis (LCA), etiological research has not been prospectively integrated consistently or comprehensively when constructing and validating domains that then generate typological distinctions via LCA. The current study partnered with a midwestern specialized court docket to conduct an exploratory formative evaluation in developing and preliminarily validating a PSB-A typology tool that was then used to generate broad typological classifications of PSB-A. This work is an initial exploration study that will be expanded to a larger validation project using larger samples and prospective data collection procedures with the hope of offering court and clinical utility to aid in individualizing treatment and supervision of PSB-A.

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类型学研究的演变：类型学工具对有问题性行为的青少年的开发、探索性验证和效用


研究长期以来表明，有性问题行为的青少年 （PSB-A） 在发育前因和性问题行为类型方面存在差异。对成人和青少年组间差异的了解导致了对青少年组内差异进行分类的进一步复杂性，而类型学研究处于这一对话的前沿。尽管一些研究使用现有数据源通过潜在类别分析 （LCA） 创建类型学差异，但在构建和验证然后通过 LCA 产生类型学差异的领域时，病因学研究尚未得到一致或全面的前瞻性整合。目前的研究与中西部专业法院案卷合作，在开发和初步验证 PSB-A 类型学工具时进行了探索性形成性评估，然后用于生成 PSB-A 的广泛类型学分类。这项工作是一项初步探索研究，将使用更大的样本和前瞻性数据收集程序扩展到更大的验证项目，希望提供法庭和临床效用，以帮助 PSB-A 的个体化治疗和监督。