RT Article
T1 Pubertal development, social factors, and delinquent involvement among South Korean male adolescents
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 51
SP 1
OP 13
A1 Kweon, Hae Soo
A1 Yunb, Ilhong
A1 Park, Jong
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1681204215
AB Despite the growing attention paid by Western criminologists to the effects of pubertal timing on youthful misconducts, criminology in the Asian context has been slow to incorporate both pubertal timing and its interplay with other social risk factors into its research agenda. To bridge this gap, the present study examines the mechanisms underlying the association between pubertal development and delinquency among a sample of South Korean male adolescents. The results indicate, as with Western findings, that early pubertal development does increase delinquent behaviors. The relationship is linear and partially mediated by parental attachment and risk-taking. Parental attachment also moderates the effects of early pubertal development on delinquency. Based on the results, implications for policy and research are discussed.
K1 Biosocial criminology
K1 Delinquency
K1 Pubertal development
K1 South Korea
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2017.02.005