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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 298-312Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03262513
Keywords
self-control; general theory of crime; Gottfredson; Hirschi; adolescence; delinquency; parental efficacy; peers
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- NICHD NIH HHS [P01-HD31921] Funding Source: Medline
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Criminologists have recently begun examining Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) proposition that parenting is the primary influence on children's levels of self-control. The few existing studies on the subject, however have typically been based on small, nonrandom samples. The current study examines the relationships between parental efficacy, self-control, and delinquent behavior using data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health). The results indicate that although parental efficacy is an important precursor to sef-control, contrary to Gottfredson and Hirschi's proposition, sef-control does not completely mediate the relationship between parental efficacy and delinquency. The implications for future research and theoretical development are discussed.
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