RT Article
T1 The Development of Self-Control in Late Adolescence: An Analysis of Trajectories and Predictors of Change Within Trajectories
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 1
SP 50
OP 72
A1 Jo, Youngoh
A1 Armstrong, Todd
A2 Armstrong, Todd
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1587900254
AB Gottfredson and Hirschi argue that parenting is the primary source of self-control. Research on the etiology of self-control has provided partial support for this proposition. Studies have shown parenting is an important determinant of self-control; however, research has also shown that other social and biological/genetic factors also influence the development of self-control. The current study contributes to the literature by examining the possibility that sources of self-control may vary across subgroups, which exhibit different developmental patterns of self-control. Analyses are based on 6-year panel data from a sample of South Korean youths. The results indicate that youths are clustered into three subgroups showing stable, increasing, and decreasing levels of self-control over time. Similarities/differences in the relationships among family, school, peer, and community variables and self-control appeared across the subgroups. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.
K1 Group-based modeling
K1 Source of self-control
K1 South Korean youths
K1 Gottfredson, Michael R.
K1 Hirschi,Travis
K1 Kontrolltheorie
DO 10.1177/0306624X16643786