RT Article
T1 Inhibition, Motivation and Self-Reported Involvement in Drinking and Driving Behavior
JF Criminal justice review
VO 16
IS 1
SP 1
OP 16
A1 Green, D. E.
LA English
YR 1991
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639657541
AB In spite of the fact that deterrence theory is grounded in a utilitarian perspective that assumes that individuals consider both rewards (motivation) and costs (inhibition) in decisions to engage in illegal behavior, perceptual deterrence research has devoted little attention to individual motivation. This study attempts to assess the relationships between motivators and inhibitors of illegal behavior by testing both additive and interactive models using a random sample of adult respondents from a large Midwestern metropolitan area. Moreover, in response to a continuing controversy over the appropriate design for perceptual deterrence research (that is, cross-sectional vs. longitudinal), this study compares models employing both cross-sectional and longitudinal measures of self-reported drinking and driving behavior. Findings suggest that, regardless of the measure of illegal behavior, an additive model is better able to account for both motivation and inhibition effects than an interactive model. The implications of these results for modern deterrence theory research are also addressed
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K1 Trinkverhalten
K1 Alkoholkonsum
K1 Straßenverkehr
K1 Motivation
K1 Hinderungsgründe