The combination of which variables in childhood is especially likely to predict aggression, antisocial behavior, and run-ins with the police in adolescence?
A) being a member of an ethnic minority, impulsivity, and low level of guilt
B) problems with attention, callousness, and impulsivity
C) callousness, impulsivity, and emotional negativity
D) emotional negativity, impulsivity, and low level of guilt

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Problems with attention, callousness, and impulsivity are all factors that have been linked to the development of aggressive and antisocial behavior in adolescence, as well as increased risk for involvement with the criminal justice system. Ethnicity and emotional negativity may also be risk factors, but they are not as consistently associated with these negative outcomes as the variables listed in option B. Low levels of guilt are also a potential risk factor, but this is often linked to callousness and lack of empathy in general, which are already included in option B.

The Combination of Which Variables in Childhood Is Especially Likely