Risk Factor Matrix

Use the table below to find programs by risk factor and age range. You can use the Search box to limit the result by title or by effectiveness code. You can use the table headers to sort by Age Range to see groups of programs for specific ages

Risks by Domain and Age Range
Risk	Domain	0-2	3-5	6-11	12-17	18+
A lack of health insurance	Family
Abusive parents	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Antisocial parents	Family		✔	✔	✔	✔
Antisocial/delinquent beliefs	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Association with antisocial/aggressive/ delinquent peers; high peer delinquency	Peer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Association with gang-involved peers/relatives	Peer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Availability and use of drugs in the neighborhood	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Availability of firearms	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Belief in physical aggression to resolve disagreements and violent tendencies	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Broken home/changes in caretaker	Family		✔	✔	✔	✔
Bullying	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Child maltreatment (abuse or neglect)	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Chronic absenteeism	School			✔
Community disorganization	Community		✔	✔	✔	✔
Conduct disorders (authority conflict/rebellious/ stubborn/disruptive/antisocial)	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Delinquent siblings	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Developmental trauma exposure	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Difficult temperament	Individual	✔	✔		✔	✔
Drug dealing	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Early and persistent noncompliant behavior	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Early dating/sexual activity/fatherhood	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Early onset of aggression/violence	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Economic deprivation/poverty/residence in a disadvantaged neighborhood	Community		✔	✔	✔	✔
Exposure to firearm violence	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Exposure to violence and racial prejudice	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Family history of problem behavior/ criminal involvement	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Family poverty/low family socioeconomic status	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Family violence (child maltreatment, partner violence, conflict)	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Father’s gang membership (for males only, but only with frequent contacts and maltreatment)	Family			✔	✔	✔
Fearless	Individual				✔	✔
Feeling unsafe in the neighborhood	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Few social ties (involved in social activities, popularity)	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Foster care placement	Family			✔	✔	✔
Frequent school transitions	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Frequent truancy/absences/suspensions; expelled from school; dropping out of school	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gang involvement in adolescence	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Gang membership	Peer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
General delinquency involvement	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Growing up in foster care	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Having a teenage mother	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
High alcohol/drug use	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
High drug dealing	Individual			✔	✔	✔
High parental stress/maternal depression	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
High-crime neighborhood	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Hyperactivity/impulsivity	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Identified as learning disabled	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Illegal gun ownership/carrying	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Jailing or imprisonment of a household member	Family			✔	✔	✔
Lack of guilt and empathy	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Lack of orderly and structured activities within the family	Family		✔	✔	✔	✔
Leading peers in antisocial behavior and committing crimes for peer status or revenge	Peer			✔	✔	✔
Life stressors	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Lived/living with a gang member	Family			✔	✔	✔
Living in a small house	Family			✔	✔	✔
Low academic aspirations	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Low achievement in school	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Low intelligence quotient	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Low math achievement test scores (males)	School			✔	✔	✔
Low neighborhood attachment	Community		✔	✔	✔	✔
Low parent college expectations for child	School			✔	✔	✔
Low parental attachment to child/adolescent	Family		✔	✔	✔	✔
Low parental education	Family			✔	✔	✔
Low parental supervision	Family	✔	✔	✔
Low perceived likelihood of being caught	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Low psychosocial maturity (low temperance, responsibility, and perspective)	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Low school attachment/bonding/motivation/ commitment to school	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Makes excuses for delinquent behavior (neutralization)	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Maternal drug, alcohol, and tobacco use during pregnancy	Family	✔	✔		✔	✔
Medical/physical condition	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Mental health problems	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Mother’s gang membership (for females only)	Family			✔	✔	✔
Moved to a new neighborhood	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔
Neighborhood antisocial environment	Community			✔	✔	✔
Neighborhood physical disorder	Community			✔	✔	✔
Neighborhood youth in trouble	Community	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
No job or less than full-time employment in early adulthood (age 16+)	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Non-normative school transitions (i.e., changes due to residential moves or mid-year transfers)	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Old for grade/repeated a grade	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Parent proviolent attitudes	Family		✔	✔	✔	✔
Parental criminality	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Parental neglect and abuse	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Parental psychiatric disorder	Family	✔	✔		✔	✔
Parental substance abuse	Family	✔	✔		✔	✔
Parental use of physical punishment/harsh and/or erratic discipline practices	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Peer alcohol/drug use	Peer			✔	✔	✔
Peer rejection	Peer	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Per capita family income	Family				✔	✔
Perceived racial discrimination	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Performance on standardized math assessments in the 6th and 10th grades	School			✔	✔	✔
Physical violence/aggression	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Poor parental supervision (control, monitoring, and child management)	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Poor parent-child relations or communication	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Poor refusal skills	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Poor school attitude/performance; academic failure	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Poor student-teacher relations	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Poorly defined rules and expectations for appropriate conduct	School	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Poorly organized and functioning schools/ inadequate school climate/negative labeling by teachers	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Pregnancy and delivery complications	Family	✔	✔		✔	✔
School attendance	School			✔	✔	✔
Sibling antisocial behavior	Family			✔	✔	✔
Single parent household	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Student failure in the first grade	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Trouble at school	School		✔	✔	✔
Unhappy parents	Family	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Unsafe schools	School		✔	✔	✔	✔
Victim of child maltreatment	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Victimization and exposure to violence	Individual		✔	✔	✔	✔
Violence at age 13	Individual			✔	✔	✔
Violent victimization	Individual	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Date Created: December 16, 2020

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