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- Behind the masc: The role of childhood experiences and conformity to masculine norms in deviant behaviorPublication . Santos, Afonso Ribeiro da Silva Borja; Rodrigues, Andreia Luísa Gonçalves Teixeira CastroThe literature shows us crime is - and has always been - a disproportionally male phenomenon. In recent years, the importance of understanding if and how masculinity is associated with maladjusted behaviors has risen notably. Accordingly, the main objective for this paper was to explore the association between conformity to masculine gender norms and deviant behavior. The secondary purpose was to explore the association between both negative and positive childhood experiences and deviant behavior. The sample consisted of 231 Portuguese adolescents of 18 and 19 years of age. Participants answered an online questionnaire that included four scales [Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Scale; Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) Scale; Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory (CMNI-22) and Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (DBVS)] and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Experiences of adversity and conformity to masculine norms were both significantly positively associated with deviant behavior: [r = .341, p = <.001] and [r = .302, p = <.001], respectively. Benevolent experiences, however, had a statistically significant, albeit weak, negative correlation with deviant behavior [r = -.139, p = .035]. Finally, the implications of these findings are considered.